Ikea's Farkas joins GMG to head up marketing

GMG has appointed Michael Farkas as marketing director after nearly a decade masterminding the production workflow behind the Ikea catalogue.

Xaar dismisses Chinese 'strike' claim

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Xaar has dismissed claims made by the former staff of its Chinese subsidiary that they had not resigned, as per Xaar's public statement last week, but were instead "on strike".

Stralfors to shed 30 staff at Dartford as MD Carter departs

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Stralfors is to cut up to 30 staff at its Dartford operation after announcing plans to migrate away from "commoditised print and direct mail" to added-value digital print.

Digital Ad Lab to discuss future of printed mags at Digital London

The future of print-based publishing will be on the agenda at the next meeting of the Digital Ad Lab (DAL), which will take place during the Digital London exhibition at Excel next month.

Spectrum pre-orders Heidelberg's latest MIS ahead of Drupa launch

Leicester-based Spectrum printing has overhauled its prepress and workflow as well as introduced digital printing with a Ricoh Pro C 751 Graphic Arts Edition.

UK investor buys entire Manroland sheetfed arm

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Langley Holdings, a €500m (£415m) turnover engineering group based in Retford, Nottinghamshire, signed a deal late yesterday to buy Manroland's Offenbach production facility as well as more than 40 international sales operations.

Specle Studio allows remote automation of ad workflow

Specle, famed for its eponymous online ad spec database, has continued to evolve its service offering with the launch of Specle Studio, a cloud-based tool to enable greater automation of advertising workflows.

Unite backs National Audit Office's support of adult apprenticeships

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Unite has backed the National Audit Office's claim that adult apprenticeship offer a good return for public money.

UPM offloads packaging production

Paper manufacturer UPM has sold its packaging paper production to Swedish packaging paper company Billerud for €130m (£108m).

Perfect Bindery Solutions launches ODM XXL

Finishing equipment supplier Perfect Bindery Solutions has launched the latest ODM sewing machine to the UK.

Jobs saved at Heron after working hours change

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Unite has said that a number of jobs have been saved at Wyndeham Heron after negotiations with the company.

Alderson Group invests in its fourth KBA press

Commercial printer Alderson Print Group has invested in its fourth KBA press, a B1 Rapida 106 five-colour plus coater with automatic plate-changing.

Autobond lauds first US install for 36 SUV

UK coating equipment manufacturer Autobond has lauded the first install of a 36 SUV inkjet spot UV machine in North America.

KBA drops spare parts delivery charge

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KBA has introduced free delivery as standard for all spare parts "to help ease pressure on outgoings".

Cut corporation tax to boost growth, says think tank

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Calls for corporation tax to be cut to boost business and revive Britain's economic growth have provoked a mixed response from printers.

Remous invests £70,000 in new finishing kit

Commercial printer Remous has invested around £70,000 in a Horizon BQ270C single clamp perfect binder, a Perfecta guillotine and a Foliant laminator.

Manroland break-up to begin with Augsburg sale

Manroland's administrator has confirmed that the break-up of the German manufacturer will begin on Wednesday (1 February) with the sale of the Augsburg web offset facility.

Richardson Printing buys Komori Lithrone

Lowestoft-based Richardson Printing has replaced its eight-year-old Komori Lithrone 528 with the latest five-colour Lithrone S-series 529.

Mimaki to give European debut to TS34-1800A sublimation printer at Fespa 2012

Mimaki will give a European debut to its new dye sublimation printer, the TS34-1800A, when it exhibits at Fespa 2012 later this month.