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GIT announces best quarter “in history”

The company reported its latest financial results. Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, CEO of GIT, announced on LinkedIn that the company’s first quarter of 2017 showed 27 percent growth year-over-year, and 12 percent from the fourth quarter to this quarter. The final...

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ERN discusses future of remanufacturing

The ERN (European Remanufacturing Network) has recommended ways to boost remanufacturing in Europe. A posting on the ERN’s site said that the role of the remanufacturing industry is an important “component of a resource efficient manufacturing industry”, and comprises...

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Cartridge impact on environment explored

An article looks at recycling in the printing industry and the measurable effect of discarding cartridges. The Energy Collective reported that in comparison to the bigger climate topics, ink cartridges “are a minor issue”, and said that such issues still “deserve...

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REMCON seminar programme now live

The seminars will run concurrently with Paperworld 2017 from 28 to 31 January, with speakers discussing issues including the market, attitudes to print, technical talks and more.

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Global printer sales continue cautious improvement

Latest market data from IDC saw printer sales continue to fall “despite growth” in the Asia-Pacific market. The results from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker found that the global printer market “continued its decline in the third quarter despite...

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Embatex reports on Big Buyer show

The remanufacturer exhibited at the show in Italy, stating that visitors “were very interested” in its remanufactured products. Giovanni Ravelli, Sales Manager for Italy for Embatex, stated that the company took part in the yearly show at the Bologna Exhibition...

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Supreme Court to take up Impression-Lexmark case

The court confirmed that it has “agreed to decide” whether the OEM “can use patent law to stop companies from refilling and selling” its cartridges. The case was decided in Lexmark’s favour earlier this year, with the US Court of Appeals ruling that the US...

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Carbon Trust launches new zero waste certification

The organisation has created the Zero Waste to Landfill certification to “recognise companies that have successfully achieved zero waste to landfill”. The organisation calls itself “an independent, expert partner of leading organisations around the world, helping them...

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Ink circuitry pen released

iWorld Australia announced that it has an exclusive agreement with Electroninks to distribute the maker’s Circuit Scribe, which is a “rollerball pen that is filled with specially-formulated conductive ink” and enables anyone to “draw circuits on everyday materials”.

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