News

Improved margins in De La Rue's banknote printing business helped boost the group's profits for the six months to 30 September.

DuPont has announced a 3-6% increase in the price of its Cyrel flexographic plates in the US from 1 December, and similar rises are expected for Europe and the rest of the world.

Heidelberg has clarified its position on CTP, and, like CreoScitex, is anticipating price cuts on thermal plates.

Northern & Shell has finally acquired its own print plant after it bought the Express Newspaper Group and its 50% stake in West Ferry Printers

Chris Fowler International has strengthened its print-on-demand operations by purchasing Williams Lea's 50-staff printing arm

The Independent has invested 600,000 in a pre-press studio as part of its move towards autonomy from Mirror Group Newspapers

Agfa is bundling a 12-month Vio licence fee and software, with its Sherpa 24 colour proofer as part of a joint marketing agreement

The chancellor's Budget has been welcomed by the BPIF as "being of benefit to thousands of printers"

Colourgen has predicted consolidation in the large-format digital printer market

PaperX.com has made two high-profile UK sales directors redundant along with 11 other European sales and marketing staff

NUR Macroprinters has formed an alliance for Fresco users so they can share experiences and develop new markets for wide-format digital printing

PIMS has installed four Xerox DocuColor 2060 digital colour presses at its London and Peterborough plants to meet demand for short-run work

Haymarket Publishing is moving all its production to digital CTP as soon as possible, as part of the supply-chain overhaul instigated by production director Chris King

Colleagues Direct Marketing has lost its contract with CGNU after the insurance group brought printing in-house at two inplants

UK manufacturers voiced their approval at the decision to postpone the Imprinta exhibition until 2003