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Danka reduces debt by selling whole division
Danka Business Systems has achieved the first stage of an ambitious plan to cut its 376m debt by selling Danka Services Interna-tional for 204m ($290m) to Pitney Bowes
Macfarlane buys National Packaging for 27.1m
Macfarlanes 21.7m acquisition of National Packaging Group this week has confirmed the groups strategy of focusing on distribution rather than manufacturing
St Ives shares fall, sales down 16m
St Ives share price fell to a new 52-week low of 354.5p this week after the firm revealed a 4% dip in half-year profits to 30.7m
Amcor unites with its flexible friends
Amcor has teamed with Danisco and Akerlund & Rausing to corner 15% of the European flexible packaging market
Jarvis Porter confident despite losses
Jarvis Porter Group has reported its predicted losses for the year ending February 2001, but is confident its restructuring last year will turn fortunes around
Investment Survey reveals print's plans
More than 50% of printers are investing in new equipment in order to increase efficiency, according to the PrintWeek Investment Survey 2001
NUR issues US profit warning as sales slide
Wide-format printer manufacturer NUR has issued a profit warning following lower than expected sales in the US
MBO on the cards at Donside Paper
A potential management buyout (MBO) is on the cards at the Donside Paper Company, led by former chief operations officer and current chief executive at the mill, Mike Duckett
Flexibility secures work for Jarrolds
Jarrold Printing has secured the contract for production of office supplies catalogue Kingfield Heath for the eighth successive year
IP warns about expected drop in first quarter
International Paper (IP) is the latest addition to a line of US forest products firms to warn that it expects to post significantly low first-quarter results for 2001
Job Scheufelen forced to close Toulouse plant
Job Scheufelen has been forced to close its 35,000-tonne-per-year art paper mill in Toulouse, France, following a court decision to liquidate the mill
Reprovision gets ECB contract
Leeds-based printer Reprovision has secured the contract to print the English Cricket Boards (ECB) rules, regulations and fixtures lists for 2001, and is planning a change of corporate identity of its...
Cropper warns of potential 1m loss
James Cropper has issued a statement warning that the Group is likely to incur a loss not exceeding 1m when its full-year results are published in June, along with between 20 and 30 job losses at its...
Spectra and Flint unveil drop-on-demand ink-jet
Spectra, a New Hampshire-based ink-jet printhead manufacturer, and Flint Ink have developed a 100% water-based drop-on-demand ink-jet system
World first for Hull-based Trinity with ISO9001:2000
Trinity Graphic has been recognised for its high level of training, in response to the lack of industry-relevant apprenticeships available