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Closure ahead for KPG's Leeds distribution centre

Kodak Polychrome Graphics is to centralise its UK distribution at its Watford site.

Wallis collection heads to St Bride Printing Library

Lawrence Wallis has donated his collection of printing papers to the St Bride Printing Library.

Fuji plate for open processing

Fuji Photo Film aims to win over rivals customers to its plates and lead the way to a more open market place with a new plate.

UPM buys German firm Haindl Paper

UPM-Kymmene has acquired German paper producer Haindl Paper in a deal worth around 2.1bn (E3.64bn).

Photobition Scanachrome takes first UltraVu 3360

Photobition Scanachrome has added Britains first Vutek UltraVu 3360 piezo digital printer to its wide-format arsenal

New wide-format printers from Oc

Oc has launched a new range of wide-format printers for the engineering and design reprographic market

Arjo to replace shop with new service

Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers has confirmed it is to close its Covent Garden-based Paperpoint samples outlet, with the loss of three jobs

Pickford joins Domino as sales manager

Domino has appointed David Pickford as sales manager for UK commercial printing and is poised for further acquisitions

Fletcher closure blamed on bad management

Melton Medes Group founder and chairman Nathu Ram Puri has blamed poor management for the closure of the companys Robert Fletcher Stoneclough mill

GBM takes on fine art with new Cruse

Repro company GBM is developing a market for high-quality fine art and archival scans to recreate almost exact copies of priceless items.

TPL opts to buy additional CTP system

TPL has invested in a second CreoScitex VLF Trendsetter just six months after it installed its first CTP system

Merlin invests 150k in new kit

Essex-based Merlin Colour Printers has spent approximately 150,000 with Friedheim International on a finishing revamp that includes an MBO T700 folder, an MBO T520, and a Schneider 115H guillotine.

Muller Martini in deal with SMG

Scottish Media Group (SMG) has signed a deal with Muller Martini for newsroom equipment to handle increased capacity when it relocates to its 38m purpose-built Glasgow premises in 2002.

RES lands HP BEST distribution work

RES Distribution has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for the BEST-Color RIP for Hewlett-Packard ink-jet printers.

Yell sets sights on buying directories

The new owner of the Yellow Pages business, Yell, has vowed to strengthen its grip on printed directories and will look at further acquisitions.