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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