Pre-media

Shire Leasing has launched a new finance scheme specifically to help printers finance investment in software and other "intangible" assets such as training and consultancy.

Kodak has posted a pre-tax loss of $300m (193m) in its second quarter results, a 54% increase on last year's $195m loss, as it revealed total creditor claims had reached $20.5bn.

Global Graphics' "digital" RIP, the Harlequin Host Renderer 3 (HHR3) has been chosen by Technesis to power a new software tool that will allow manufacturers to remotely manage ink and toner usage.

FMG has appointed a new European managing director in Mark Inskip, formerly regional director of consulting at Ogilvy & Mather.

EFI has launched a two-track learning and certification programme for users of its Fiery digital print servers, tools and software options.

Color Confidence has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor for FFEI's RealVue 3D Packager, a three-dimensional visualisation tool for print and packaging designs.

A year after purchasing Pindar's cartography business Halstan has described the business as "going from strength-to-strength".

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) more than doubled its second quarter pre-tax profit following strong double digit growth in both its Industrial Inkjet and Productivity Software business units.

Schawk has promoted its chief strategy officer Eric Ashworth to the role of president.

Printing.com chairman George Hardie announced at the firm's AGM that softer trading across its established channels reflected economic uncertainty.