The first 2020 issue of Müller Martini's Panorama house magazine is to be the last, chief executive Bruno Müller has announced.

Müller Martini has launched a new 9000-cph saddle-stitcher in which all of the individual feeders have servo drives.

A commitment to eliminate single-use plastic in newspaper products has seen News Corp's Newsprinters operation in Knowsley, Liverpool, package the Sun TV Magazine and inserts with the main paper, rather than shipping separately in polywrapped bundles.

Swiss mailroom vendor Ferag is celebrating the installation of a packaging line at Bartaman in Kolkata, its first order from the young Indian publisher.

Control electronics and other mailroom components have been updated in a major project at RCS Group in Milan.

A two-year project to modernise Belgium's biggest newspaper print site and focus more on semi-commercial products is drawing to a conclusion at CPP in Belgium.

A project to modernise Ferag mailroom systems at Danish media group Jysk Fynske Medier included tracking down pre-owned MultiDisc components to suit the customer.

Expansion of Blue Star's drum-based postpress system is helping the Sydney printer cope with an influx of new work.

New Ferag mailroom systems are in operation at The Printers (Mysore) in Bangalore, following an order for conveyors, wrapping and strapping equipment.

With insert volume tripling in four years, German publisher LR Medienverlag und Druckerei has cut costs and increased flexibility with a new automated system.

Müller Martini is strengthening its position in perfect and bookbinding markets as it helps Kolbus focus on packaging.

A neighbouring newspaper publisher in the Swedish lakeside city of Jönköping is improving productivity with Schur's new compact palletiser.

Deccan Herald publisher The Printers (Mysore) is renewing a longstanding relationship with an order to update its mailroom system.

For Müller Martini at DRUPA, the buzzword Finishing 4.0 meant digital connectivity and the ability to change between formats - and even individual products - almost instantaneously.

Integration, automation and personalisation were key themes as major mailroom vendors brought their latest ideas to DRUPA.

Malaysian publisher New Straits Times Press is pioneering a system to check unsold newspapers and identify media trends.

New software that plans the detailed logistics of newspaper delivery as part of global management of circulation, subscriptions and finances is being pioneered at Malaysia's New Straits Times Press.

Mailroom updates for Star Media Group in Kuala Lumpur and Penang will include inserting lines for both centres.