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An internal enquiry is underway into the print buying operation at Great Universal Stores 1.7bn home shopping division

Intense speculation surrounds the future of Bradford-based consumables and flexo specialist Dantex

Prontaprint managing director Alan Barnett is to leave the company and Adare Group with effect from 31 December

3D Group is attempting to enter the personalised colour market after the UKs first commercial installation of a Xerox DocuColor 2060 with CreoScitex Spire RIP

Komoris Project D direct imaging B1 litho press, shown as a technology demonstration at Drupa, is to be launched as an official product next year

Derek Ashley has resigned from his positions at Applied Graphic Technologies to return to his home in the UK

PrintRepublic has added ink-jet cartridges to its range of RedLabel own brand consumables and is launching a series of special promotions

TPL has committed to switching the majority of the magazines it produces to CTP after successful trials with its new PDF-based workflow

Xeroxs share price fell to a new low of 2.61 ($3.75) after its credit rating was cut to junk status by Moodys Investors Service due to concerns about its liquidity

Newsprint manufacturer Abitibi-Consolidated has informed publishers it plans to raise its newsprint prices by 34 ($50) per metric ton on 1 March 2001

Communisis is expected to finalise the sale of Howitts to an MBO team imminently, and the group has also announced a strategic alliance with IBM.

Westvaco has formed a new online venture to target the 450bn ($655bn) multinational consumer packaging sector

Tech-ni-fold has sold 100 of its award-winning Tri-Creasers to Heidelberg for an undisclosed sum

Over 30 magazine publishers have committed to the PPAs new magazine benchmarking project

BPI has terminated talks with a third party but is still dismissing Macfarlane's improved offer as inadequate