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Diet Coke is taking individuality to the next level with its new “It’s Mine” packaging campaign. Using HP Indigo digital printing technology, the brand is creating millions of unique labels for its glass bottles. Every glass bottle will feature a different design with select patterns available on the mini-cans as well...

Standard Register Co., Dayton, Ohio, recently sold an industrial building and land to Hanna’s Candle Co., located in Fayetteville, Ark. The $2.05 million transaction included a 146,000 square foot building and 35.4 acres of land, according to Arkansas Business Online...

What started as an industry rooted in print has changed dramatically due to consumer needs and the impact of technology. Service-based approaches continue to supersede traditional “ink-on-paper” business models; customized, on-demand printing is outpacing the need for off-the-shelf printing; and partnerships have replaced top-down edicts. The transformation of online printing...

The board of directors of Idealliance and the board of trustees of Epicomm, both of Alexandria, Va., have voted to recommend the merger of the two industry associations to their respective memberships. The boards approved the merger in separate meetings last week and both associations will now present the merger proposal to a vote of their memberships...

Smart Source LLC, New York, announced the acquisition of assets of Data Supplies Inc., a Duluth, Georgia-based provider of marketing communications services in the Southeast. Smart Source LLC’s acquisition allows these two companies to combine best practices, services and technologies to offer...

Paper products supplier Verso Corp. announced in a note to customers that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the bankruptcy court for the district of Delaware in order to facilitate a debt restructuring aimed at strengthening its balance sheet. The company said the move would have no impact on its day-to-day operations...

The printed news business has claimed another victim. Last week, Quad/Graphics announced that it will close its 455,000 sq. ft. newspaper insert printing facility in Atglen, Pa., by the end of this month. As a result of this decision, an estimated 150 employees will lose their jobs...

Staples, Framingham, Mass., announced that it, along with Boca Raton, Florida-based Office Depot, intend to waive the merger-agreement termination date of Feb. 4, 2016, extending it to May 16, 2016. The companies’ boards of directors did this to allow for the completion of the ongoing federal court litigation with the Federal Trade Commission...

I.D. Images LLC, a leading pressure-sensitive label converter with headquarters in Brunswick, Ohio, has received BS5609 section 3 approval from Smithers Pira for a flexographically printed label construction. I.D. Images received BS5609 section 3 approval to print four specific ink colors, black, 185 red, reflex blue and yellow, with a protective varnish on two Spinnaker coating polypropylene materials...

Promo Marketing Media Group, the parent group of Print+Promo and Promo Marketing magazines, has announced the launch of ProMark Agency Division (ProMark AD), the company’s new agency-style marketing and advertising unit...