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Clays sets up new cover and jacket printing facility
St Ives book arm Clays is setting up a new purpose-built jacket and cover printing facility at its Bungay, Suffolk site
Heidelberg orders up by almost 30%
Heidelbergs nine-month order level is up by around 631m (E1bn) on the same period last year due to particularly strong performances in sheetfed, web and digital
Xaar pre-tax profits in five-fold surge
Xaars pre-tax profits have increased five times over on the back of strong sales
Pageflex signs up to Xerox for software deal
Xerox is to launch a personalisation solution based on Pageflexs variable data-software for use with its DocuColor 2000 digital colour presses
20 staff remain as KNP loses contract
The situation at Redditch commercial printer KNP Group has deteriorated, with only 20 members of its 135-strong workforce remaining following a wave of redundancies
Litho Supplies invests in new South East base
Litho Supplies is making a substantial seven-figure investment in a new operations hub for the South East in Greenford, west London
Nikon to offer two new digital cameras
Nikon has announced two new versions of its D1 professional-quality single-lens reflex (SLR) digital camera, both with new ICC-compatible internal colour spaces
Oc to launch "unique" CPS 700 at CeBIT
Oc will launch its long-awaited seven-colour digital printer, the CPS 700, at CeBIT and start shipping it in the second half of the year
Confidence up for SMEs says survey
SMEs are displaying a modest but encouraging increase in general business confidence according to the latest survey of trends by the CBI
Paper Fed praises gas talks minister
The Paper Federation of Great Britain has issued a supportive response to the Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons to discuss the impact of gas prices on UK manufacturing
PrintPotato seeks business partner
PrintPotato.com is seeking a prospective partnership with interested companies, while two senior members of staff are to leave the firm
Production Direct aids 1.2m appeal
Sheffield direct mail company Production Direct has been behind the targeted responses given to fundraisers for World Visions Orange-a-Peel Day
US pulp price cuts follow Sdras lead
North American pulp producers have followed Sdras lead by cutting their prices
Sdra's $30 NBSK cut as pulp prices forced down
Sdra has reduced its price for Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp by $30 to $680 per tonne
GPMU presents Gardners chief with demands
GPMU mid-southern branch secretary John Bunn and prospective Labour candidate Gill Roles have presented a petition to Gardners Books demanding better working conditions