20/06/2008: WESTERN BRANCH PRESENTS IP3 STUDENT AWARD
Centre Space, a new exhibition gallery in Bristol's city centre was the venue for the recent presentation of the Stanley Hooper Memorial Award for 2008 to Miss Iwona Barszczewska, a 2nd year student on the Foundation Degree course in graphic design at City of Bristol College.

18/06/2008: M-REAL AND ARJOWIGGINS CANCEL MILL DEAL
M-real has said that the sale of its Reflex specialty paper mill in Duren, Germany has been cancelled due to an unfavorable condition set by the European Commission

16/06/2008: CEPI REFUTES NGO CLAIMS
The Confederation of European Paper Industries agrees with the overall objective of a campaign launched by 50 environmental NGOs in Europe on Monday to reduce paper waste but refutes the qualification of irresponsible producers

16/06/2008: POLAR PRINT IN ADMINISTRATION
B1 environmental printer Polar Print Group has gone into administration with the loss of 45 jobs

16/06/2008: ST IVES PICKS UP SAINSBURY'S CONTRACT
St Ives has won the multimillion-pound Sainsbury's print contract that was been held by Communisis

10/06/2008: POLESTAR ACQUIRES QUEBECOR ASSETS
Polestar has acquired assets from Quebecor World in Corby after the company was placed in administration

10/06/2008: AGFA INVESTS 15 MILLION EURO IN PLATES
Agfa has announced a 15 million Euro investment program for its Brazilian printing plate manufacturing site

10/06/2008: ADSPEND REACHES £19.4 BILLION
UK ad spend has grown 4.2% year on year according to the Advertising Association

10/06/2008: WH SMITH EXPECTS 'TOUGH SUMMER'
W H Smith has said that it expects a “tough summer”, after its high street business reported a like-for-like sales drop of 3% for the last quarter

09/06/2008: ANTALIS AND ARJOWIGGINS TO MERGE
Sequana has announced that Arjowiggins fine paper activities will be merged within merchant Antalis

09/06/2008: M-REAL CUTS FINE PAPER PRODUCTION
M-real has said that it will cut back production of coated fine papers between June and August to to match demand

09/06/2008: DAILY SPORT RELAUNCH DISAPPOINTING
Sport Media Group has deemed the relaunch of the Daily Sport newspaper disappointing

09/06/2008: SHAPE MAGAZINE CLOSES
Contract publisher River Publishing is to close its women's monthly consumer magazine Shape, after just three issues

09/06/2008: TWO MILLION FREE BOOKS
Booktrust announced that over two million free books will be given to every reception-aged pupil and Year 7 pupil in England by Christmas 2008

09/06/2008: TRADER MEDIA GROUP CLOSES WILTSHIRE SITE
Trader Media Group has closed its Wiltshire print plant, resulting in 154 job losses

06/06/2008: COMMUNISIS LOSES SAINSBURY'S CONTRACT
Communisis has lost the Sainsbury's multi-million pound printing contract after a competitive tender

05/06/2008: LECTA TO REDUCE COATED WOODFREE PRODUCTION
European coated fine paper producer Lecta has said that it is to reduce coated woodfree production at its mills by over 15% during the months of May, June, July and August

05/06/2008: FINNISH WORKERS MAY STRIKE
the Union of Salaried Employees of Finland has said that it has issued a 14-day strike notice against companies aligned with the Finnish Forest Industries Federation

03/06/2008: QUARKXPRESS 8 ANNOUNCED
Quark has announced it will be launching QuarkXPress 8 in the summer

01/06/2008: ADOBE UNVEILS ACROBAT 9
Adobe Systems has announced the introduction of Adobe Acrobat 9 software, a significant upgrade which the company claims will transform the process of creating and sharing electronic documents

01/06/2008: TATLER GOES RUSSIAN
Condé Nast is to launch the first international edition of its society magazine Tatler in Russia

01/06/2008: GOOGLE REMAINS COMMITTED TO BOOK SEARCH
Google had affirmed its commitment to Book Search in the wake of Microsoft's closure of its own effort

01/06/2008: AUTHOR SCATTERS MONEY
An Indonesian businessman has scattered 100 million rupiah (£5,406) in banknotes from a plane to promote his new motivational book

30/05/2008: SODRA CELL VARO MILL TO RUN ON BIOFUEL
Sodra Cell said that its pulp mill in Varberg, Sweden plans to become independent of fossil fuels for day-to-day operation by the year 2012

30/05/2008: ABC FOR MOBILES CLOSE TO LAUNCH
Momentum is building for the launch of an "ABCe for mobiles" to record user traffic to publishers' mobile sites, with ABCe close to agreeing a suitable measurement standard

30/05/2008: XEROX REVEALS GEL INK
Xerox has revealed the details of a next-generation inkjet technology that it has in development

30/05/2008: ADOBE RELEASES PDF PRINT ENGINE 2
Designed for offset and digital printing, Adobe PDF Print Engine 2 enables Original Equipment Manufacturers and print providers to supply effective variable data printing and help their customers to develop personalised campaigns

30/05/2008: SIMON & SCHUSTER SUPPORTS KINDLE READER
Simon & Schuster is the first big US publisher to publicly state its commitment to Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader

29/05/2008: ONE IN 20 CHOOSES E-BOOK
One in 20 people is electing to buy an electronic version of a book rather than a hard copy according to Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos

28/05/2008: METSO PAPER REACHES PAPER TECHNOLOGY DEAL WITH MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Metso Paper has said that it has closed the deal with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) over the acquisition of MHI's paper machinery technology