Newsarchive September 2010

01.09 Finishing Alliance companies put on united front for London Calling »
01.09 EFI launches UV LED digital label printer for flexible packaging »
01.09 Drug dealers who used print company to supply cannabis get 16 years »
01.09 Digital Plus takes on npower digital print work »
01.09 Making Impressions awarded the Green Apple Environmental Award 2010 »
01.09 Gatwick Airport's print ad first for new Clear Channel tower site »
01.09 Haymarket sells Packaging News »
01.09 Drug dealers that used print company to supply cannabis get 16 years »
01.09 Image2output targets digital growth following Newton appointment »
01.09 CPC restarts Bristol site to fulfil clients' orders »
02.09 Fraser Hamilton invests in an Agfa Avalon N4 platesetter »
02.09 Johnston Press increases profit for first time since 2006 »
02.09 Print Quest buys Star Proof to showcase Kodak platesetter »
02.09 HighWater CTP appoints MD Sizer »
02.09 Grapho Media completes Fujifilm pre-press investment »
02.09 Lavenham Press takes laminating in-house »
02.09 Print suppliers ensure top-level security for Tony Blair autobiography 'A Journey' »
02.09 PrintWeek launches 2010 Top 500 »
03.09 Rising costs hit Arctic Paper's H1 results »
03.09 Reader Reaction: How is business looking for you for the rest of the year? »
03.09 Howard Hunt concludes £1m finishing kit spend »
03.09 Latest Morgana cutter unveiled »
03.09 HH admits 'poor financial control' in worldwide operations »
03.09 Polestar Chantry wins NatMags subscription contract »
03.09 INM lost nearly £14m offloading Independent newspaper »
03.09 Mainstream in third CMC buy »
06.09 Komori to host European open house »
06.09 Arjowiggins Creative Papers launches Bamboo range »
06.09 Rosefox Paper says FSC and PEFC certification is 'vital' »
06.09 FiberMark Red Bridge ties with German printer to produce Mappa Mundi map run »
06.09 Photographer uses Shiraz Focus RIP for Eden exhibition »
06.09 R Booth ups digital capacity with Xerox 700 »
06.09 The Printing Charity unveils guest speaker for 183rd annual luncheon »
06.09 BT&D awarded map contract as Ordnance Survey bows out of print »
06.09 John Lewis confirms 'difficulties' over printed gift vouchers »
06.09 Archant embraces technology with second multi-platform print title »
06.09 CDS adds fourth facility in four months »
06.09 PIP Printing and Marketing installs Presstek 34DI »
06.09 Orbital Marketing Services completes company rebrand »
06.09 Printed adverts trump new media in YouGov survey »
07.09 Ceros adds 'significant' business in global deal with Euro RSCG 4D »
07.09 IGS appoints Holdom to develop its inks business »
07.09 Enfocus to release Version 10 of PitStop Pro »
07.09 PPS sold in pre-pack to PPS Grasmere »
07.09 Inca creates business development role to develop new markets »
07.09 Generation Druck opts for HP technology to make a clean start »
07.09 De La Rue braced for £35m hit after staff 'falsified' banknote quality checks »
07.09 Unite confirms two potential purchasers of CPC Packaging UK »
07.09 Yorkshire print consortium prepares for printed electronics product launch »
08.09 Mitsubishi HiTec Paper launches metallic iridescent inkjet photo papers »
08.09 Kodak's Prosper beta pulls plug in favour of rival HP technology »
08.09 Iggesund Paperboard announces price increases »
08.09 Inspired Forms moves into first print facility »
08.09 Box 3 Creative buys new creaser to aid transition from design to print »
08.09 Roto Smeets eyes consolidation as Riva launches buyout bid »
09.09 PaperCo launches recycled grade Harmony Smooth »
09.09 Tapestry recruits Jeff Keene to spearhead new media push »
09.09 Bodoni enables easier Pantone colour matching with PressSign 4 »
09.09 Monotype seals worldwide font licensing agreement with Gannett »
09.09 Oxted Colour Printers opts for Komori Lithrone S29 »
09.09 Sign & Digital UK 2011 enjoys strongs exhibition bookings »
09.09 Two Sides boosts global presence with Domtar Corporation sign-up »
09.09 Repropoint installs Canon imageRunner Advance C9070 Pro for short-run work »
09.09 TCS launches CCM LCD guillotine »
09.09 Mayence Print Management re-signs £15m contract with GlaxoSmithKline »
10.09 OneVision amends Amendo with .PSD capability »
10.09 Royal Mail set for privatisation or sale »
10.09 Arizona outsells all rivals to reach 2,000 sales claims Océ »
10.09 J&G Environmental launches empty toner cartridges recycling scheme »
10.09 Arjowiggins Graphic achieves EU Ecolabel certification »
10.09 Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Bielefeld and Flensburg announce merger »
10.09 Long-run demand sees Cowan buy Stahlfolder »
10.09 RR Donnelley files patent suit against HP »
10.09 Unite welcomes possible Express Scotland plans »
10.09 Reader Reaction: Have print managers been beneficial for the industry? »
10.09 European newsprint manufacturers at centre of merger speculation »
10.09 Synchronised brings finishing in-house with £250,000 spend »
10.09 Alderson aims to be POS market leader with new role and press »
10.09 Sign & Digital UK 2011 enjoys strong exhibition bookings »
13.09 GTMS Visionply printable board claims to save cash and the planet »
13.09 Roland extends appeal of VersaUV range with wider model »
13.09 Shiraz adds features to Focus fine-art and photo RIP »
13.09 Ferag announces two launches for Ifra Expo »
13.09 Heidelberg eyes return to profit following rights issue »
13.09 Danwood acquires Admiral Group's print operation »
14.09 Former WHM chairman joins US subsidiary »
14.09 Pixart.it boosts business with in-house web-to-print platform »
14.09 Pureprint picked to produce BP's Deepwater Horizon report »
14.09 Goss to launch newspaper press at Ifra Expo »
14.09 Mystery surrounds future of Clowes Printers (Manchester) »
14.09 Print Direct partners with Heritage Envelope for UK first envelope production »
15.09 Banking chief warns of end to 'cheap money era' »
15.09 Egmont launches publisher safety initiative »
15.09 Brightsource boosts charity client base with contract wins »
15.09 SMEs to benefit from government changes to R&D tax credits »
15.09 Polestar Chantry prints Haymarket-published X-Factor magazine »
15.09 Pensord unveils half-price PPA membership offer »
15.09 Repropoint continues spending spree with Xerox and HP spend »
15.09 Vio Worldwide acquired by Australian-based Dubsat »
15.09 Muller Martini launches Primera 110 stitcher with automation boost into UK »
15.09 Manroland launches 900 XXL 64pp sheetfed long-perfector »
15.09 Creative Printer brings platemaking in-house with Agfa Avalon N8 investment »
16.09 UPDATE: Three firefighters hospitalised tackling blaze at Amcor Flexibles »
16.09 FPB calls on public sector to maintain 10-day payment target following EU legislation shift »
16.09 Firefighters tackle blaze at Amcor Flexibles in Livingston »
16.09 Paperlinx-owned Dtec undergoes image rebrand »
16.09 Roy Kingston rejoins Wyndeham as chief operating officer »
16.09 BPIF calls for sectoral growth fund »
16.09 News of the World next in line for Murdoch's paywall »
17.09 HSPG integrates paper price list with e-commerce and MIS »
17.09 The Label Makers invests in the UK's first Xeikon 3030 »
17.09 Morgana announces events to aid print firms with 'finishing issues' »
17.09 Kongsberg launches extended XP cutting table »
17.09 Printed electronics to herald print bonanza »
17.09 DM firms welcome confirmation of Royal Mail privatisation plan »
17.09 Pantone Premium Metallic ink delivers 'best printed silver' »
17.09 Tried & tested: HP Indigo 3500 »
17.09 Reader reaction: Can inplants survive in the present-day print market? »
17.09 Inky Little Fingers ups offering with £130k finishing kit spend »
17.09 Flexo gets fillip with trio of platemaking innovations »
17.09 Colouration ups productivity with second Océ Arizona 550 GT flatbed »
17.09 Domino "ahead of expectations" in 2010 trading »
17.09 Kama die-cutter gets HP support »
20.09 PrintWeek webcast season gets underway »
20.09 X-Rite updates measurement standard to improve colour communication »
20.09 Apex Digital Graphics to showcase Ryobi 925 at October open house »
20.09 Communisis scoops Barclays Bank 'Engage' award »
20.09 TMG brings in former INM man David Greene »
20.09 Lending to SMEs still a problem as FSB calls for 'radical' changes »
20.09 Alpha Colour Printers makes £1.1m Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 investment »
21.09 Amcor site to be demolished following fire »
21.09 Manroland uncovers sales commission payment irregularities »
21.09 HP unveils faster photo printer as part of new Designjet trio »
21.09 Epson updates Stylus Pro range for Photokina »
21.09 Epson launches desktop printer with optional spectrophotometer »
21.09 Manroland to shed 500 jobs through company restructure »
21.09 Bitstream first to market with PDF/VT authoring software »
21.09 PPG consolidates printing businesses »
22.09 Arjowiggins Creative Papers supports FSC Friday »
22.09 Top Trumps campaign aims to boost Cheestrings in the playground »
22.09 Antalis Group achieves multi-site FSC and PEFC CoC »
22.09 Unite lauds Guardian over apprentice attitude »
22.09 More news emerges regarding Express press investment »
22.09 PaperCo joins the Prince's Mayday network »
22.09 NAPM targets sustainability at annual forum »
22.09 Monotype launches web font service »
22.09 Schawk buys digital marketing agency Untitled London »
22.09 Sun Chemical to sign national agreement with Unite »
22.09 Fedrigoni Group publishes eighth Environmental and Health & Safety Report »
22.09 Agencies and PMs race to offer a one-stop production shop »
22.09 Duplo set to debut Fujipla's latest laminator at London Calling show »
23.09 FCS Lasermail in £250,000 Xerox investment »
23.09 Print supplier introduces 3D printing stock for HP Indigo users »
23.09 Inca Digital boosts output of Onset S20 machine »
23.09 Océ claims high-volume inkjet top spot with 100th JetStream sale to Salmat »
23.09 Tech-ni-fold launches third manual creaser »
23.09 Rothschild buys Print Finance to bridge mid-market credit gap »
23.09 LPC Print merges with The Midas Press to form £11.5m company »
24.09 CWE Solutions acquires DCP Systems »
24.09 Polestar to mothball Chromoworks press, 16 jobs to go »
24.09 Kit developer to offer design/patent service »
24.09 Research shows removing paper options risks brand loyalty »
24.09 A1 Paper goes into administrative receivership »
24.09 WMC raided over illegal workers »
24.09 Agfa launches self adhesive Synaps synthetic paper »
24.09 Mosca seeks RO-M partner »
27.09 Barbieri updates wide-format spectrophotometer »
27.09 Print Fair launches direct mail on demand service »
27.09 Wired is foiled for October tech startup issue »
27.09 ICS promises fully-digital workflow with Press Director press side tool »
27.09 Vision in Print to hold war on waste conference »
27.09 Global Graphics Software updates Harlequin Plus Server RIP »
27.09 Impact Mail & Print becomes FSC and PEFC certified »
27.09 Communisis to set up new print qualification with Leeds College »
27.09 Trinity Mirror first UK company to retain Carbon Trust Standard »
28.09 Uncertainty over Norpak after administration »
28.09 XenInk Diamond brings third-party UV-cured inks to wide-format »
28.09 UPM in talks to acquire rival company Myllykoski Group »
28.09 Business insolvency rates in the print industry static, according to research »
28.09 XenInk Diamond brings third-party UV-cured inks to the wide-format party »
28.09 Screen extends Truepress 520 range with GraphExpo additions »
28.09 DMGT trading ahead of expectations »
28.09 Ancient print tools go under the hammer »
29.09 DirectSmile simplifies web design in new Cross Media software »
29.09 FST Technologies invests £2m in Océ presses »
29.09 Stora Enso expands in solid biofuels with 10m euro investment »
29.09 Cooperative switches to FSC for chequebook production »
29.09 Laminator increases productivity and cuts costs for Swoop Media »
29.09 Government launches council newspaper consultation »
29.09 Canon introduces Uniflow version 5.0 »
29.09 Elliott Baxter partners with Xerox Office Supplies »
29.09 Don't miss today's webcast »
29.09 Polestar Colchester takes on Best work in new deal »
30.09 Unite calls for more apprenticeships at Labour's annual conference »
30.09 RCS buys guillotine to overcome bottleneck »
30.09 MIS experts push for greater compatibility »
30.09 WRH ups range with kit deals »
30.09 Blue & Inc Solutions in 'strategic partnership' »
30.09 TPS partners with Fiberweb »