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Oasis Graphic Company installs 3.2m Vutek

- Cookham, Berkshire-based Oasis Graphic Company has installed a 3.2m wide EFI Vutek 3250 machine to boost its wide format capabilities.

Printing.com reports consistent trading as web-to-print model builds momentum

- Printing.com has said trading is in line with expectations as it rolls out its web-to-print platform for franchisees.

Increased colour work prompts PrintWorks North to add five-colour Ryobi

- Wetherby-based PrintWorks North has added a five-colour Ryobi 525GE press to handle increased demand for full colour work.

Quark offers corporates cloud-based brand control with Brand Manager

- Quark has adopted Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to offer corporates low-cost and quick-to-market on-brand marketing services under its Brand Manager product.

IPC creates Now special issue on sale days after Whitney Houston's death

- IPC has produced a special edition of Now magazine celebrating the life of singer Whitney Houston.

Shuttleworth to roll out new MIS features for Drupa

- Shuttleworth will highlight a range of improvements to its eponymous MIS software at Drupa in May.

IPC launches Marie Claire Runway

- IPC is launching Runway - a biannual fashion companion to its Marie Claire magazine.

Heidelberg schedules Print Buyer University course

- Heidelberg is to run its 2012 Print Buyer University course from 16 to 20 July.

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.

Spectrum goes digital with Ricoh and 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.

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.

Kodak employee launches class action suit against board

- Eastman Kodak employee Mark Gedek has filed suit against the company's chief executive Antonio Perez and other board members, alleging mismanagement of the company's staff investment and savings plan.

Berkshire Labels produces Waitrose cheese labels

- Berkshire Labels has produced more than half a million labels for Waitrose' Top Tier range of cheeses.

BAF adds colour to BBC's new Salford site

- London-based BAF Graphics has completed the main part of a massive project to decorate the BBC's MediaCityUK complex at Salford Quays.

ESP Colour claims worldwide Speedmaster productivity record

- Swindon-based ESP Colour achieved record productivity on its Heidelberg XL machines in the run up to Christmas last year.

EFI enters digital ceramic printing market with Cretaprint acquisition

- EFI has announced it has closed a $31m (£20.25m) cash deal to acquire ceramic printing system maker Cretaprint.

River wins McCarthy & Stone's Life & Living magazine work

- Customer publisher River has said it has won the work to produce McCarthy & Stone's Life & Living magazine.

Quark adds ePub and iPad upgrades with QuarkXPress 9.2 update

- Quark has announced version 9.2 of its XPress publishing software - a free upgrade that adds a range of multimedia and interactive elements for creating ebooks, as well as enhancements to producing iPad applications.

Paperlinx reveals PE takeover bid as losses continue

- Paperlinx has said it has received a private equity takeover bid as it anticipates a pre-tax loss of AUD26m (£17m) for the first six months of its 2011/12 fiscal year.

Printing.com to push white label web-to-print service

- Printing.com has brought forward its plans to offer a white label version of its franchise services, putting its proprietary web-to-print platform at the heart of the company's strategy.