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After more than 24 years in London’s Docklands, production of the Daily Star is being switched 40 miles north to a new plant in Luton, where Express Newspapers’ owner Richard Desmond fired up the first of four KBA Commander CT press lines on 28 November. hen the last has been commissioned in March next year the plant will also print the Express Group’s Daily Star Sunday, Daily Express and Sunday Express.

For the insolvent manroland AG the provisional insolvency administrator Werner Schneider has secured an agreement for a so-called “Massekredit” (similar to debtor-in-possession financing). “Continuation of production and business operations at manroland is therefore secured,” said Werner Schneider, a financial auditor. “The company can continue to do business with customers and suppliers and we are sending a very positive signal to the market.”

A new European research reveals that all generations prefer paper to digital, also the Digital Natives (18-24 year olds). In a wide-ranging new survey, a new generation of digital natives show strong preferences for paper; still the favoured medium of all age groups for reading.

Eastman Kodak Co. has reportedly shuffled its restructuring advisers in its battle to shore up its finances and steer clear of bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Kodak has hired Sullivan & Cromwell's restructuring practice to advise on ways to rework its finances. Citing sources it did not name, the newspaper says Kodak is no longer being advised by Jones Day's restructuring practice.

On November 22 in Poznan, Poland, PrintCity Alliance members: manroland, Sun Chemical, UPM, Cofely, M-real and Weilburger Graphics presented their shared knowledge about sheetfed printing & packaging under the event headline: Challenges in Modern Packaging Production with a special focus on Safe Food Packaging

The first edition of Packaging Innovations (Amsterdam, 30 November-1December 2011) rewarded packaging services and materials suppliers with an exclusive opportunity to meet leading designers, brand managers and marketers in The Netherlands’ creative and media capital.

Chun Yip Man (34) is the new Project Manager for viscom in Germany. He succeeds Christian Hruschka who, after almost ten years with the company, will move on to new professional challenges.

The second major congress of the Multisense Forum held on 16 November 2011 revealed a new marketing trend: brand promotion can increase its effect considerably if the brand is recognised intuitively – regardless of logo. All five senses should be incorporated into branding. One of the results: especially the tactile factors have so far been underestimated. An area where cartonboard packaging can certainly score points.

Manel Martinez has been named as Vice President & General Manager for the HP Graphics Solutions Business in EMEA. He will be responsible for driving HP's graphics arts portfolio from signage and packaging to technical printers and publishing amongst the different printing communities across the region.

In June 2011, Friedrich Klein joined Lüscher AG Maschinenbau as a sales executive.