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NCS wins Piranha distribution

NCS Group has become the exclusive distributor for Impact Solutions Piranha Byte compression software in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland

Mail Marketing buys two more digital Xeroxes

Bristol-based Mail Marketing International has bought two DocuPrint 180s from Xerox following its purchase of a Xerox 2060 digital colour press last November

Interprint expands to large-format digital work

Swindon-based Interprint has invested 100,000 in expanding its services to large-format digital printing under the Interpanel name

Agfa exceeds 2000 targets

Agfa clearly exceeded its targets for 2000 with sales rising in all three business segments.

Mets aims to buy all Zanders shares

Mets-Serla has launched a mandatory offer to acquire the remaining shares in Zanders Feinpapiere

Adobe to launch Acrobat 5.0

Adobe is poised to launch Acrobat 5.0, the latest version of its PDF creator, which is based on PDF 1.4

Order receipt jobs to go at Openshaw Gold

Openshaw is to close the order receipt facility for its Openshaw Gold online ordering service at its Redhill, Walsall and Bristol offices, resulting in 12 redundancies

Strong Drupa aids KBA sales growth

KBA has attributed the growth in turnover and profits in its preliminary year-end results to a successful Drupa, buoyant Eastern markets and strong newspaper press and sheetfed sales

Kinyosha buys sole UK and Europe distributor DIC

Blanket manufacturer Kinyosha has acquired DIC Europe, the company that exclusively distributed its products in the UK and Europe for 28 years

Vutek collects second award

Vutek has recorded another first, this time in the Grand Format (Inkjet Print) Category of the 2001 Digital Imaging Marketing Association "Digital Printer Shoot-Out" competition, staged at the recent...

Xerox sales drop is part of Xeikon loss

Xeikon has blamed its poor results for the year 2000 on exchange rate fluctuations and a 50% fall in its sales to Xerox

Beacon wins 1m mail-out job

Beacon Graphics has printed the 1m leaflets used for Volvos door-drop mailing, organised by JJ Marketing

Boots is to up mag run by 50% to 3m

Boots is increasing the print run of its Health & Beauty magazine by 50% to 3m from May

Rudd leaves Express

Express Newspapers production director Paul Rudd has departed on amicable terms in the latest blow to hit the group after its acquisition by Northern & Shell.

HH Pegg acquires "merchant's merchant" Worsley

Paper agent HH Pegg is on the hunt for more acquisitions following the purchase of Worsley Paper, which is known as the "merchants merchant"