MISSISSAUGA, ON—PrintCan recently introduced a new feature called The Print Wire, providing daily links to the best printer and supplier news from elsewhere. Every Wednesday, we’ll round up those stories in our main news section.

This week’s hot rumour surrounds possible merger talks between Heidelberg and Manroland, as reported by Bloomberg. Other stories of interest include one on a U.K. company that’s developed recyclable plates and a study from Illinois state university on attracting high school students to print.

• Rumours surface that Heidelberg in merger talks with Manroland
• An exclusive article from Ipex trade show about what's next for print
• Xerox profit down
• Heidelberg releases annual results-posts loss. Download annual report
• Company in UK develops aluminum plates that can be recycled
• Interactive planning tool goes live for Ipex 2010
• Illinois state university releases study on attracting high-school students to print
• New study says sheetfed litho under threat from digital print  
• Which technologies won the Intertech awards this year?
• Register in the new "Find a Printer" section on Mohawkpaperstore.com
• Kodak says it will install its first Prosper press at U.S. site
• Losses moving to web division at KBA