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Inveresk debates mill closure plans

Inveresk is considering further rationalisation, which could include closing one of its mills, after issuing its second profits warning this year

Jarvis Porter to invest in UV flexo and digital

Jarvis Porter is looking to buy UV flexo and digital printing gear in a Europe-wide spree that could add up to 3m of kit

Jigsaw invests in five-colour Heidelberg

Jigsaw Colour will install a 1.2m Heidelberg CD 102 FL between Christmas and New Year to minimise disruption to production

Kelvinside launches online stationery service

Kelvinside has launched Stationery Set, an online stationery design and print service

Sleeve technology speeds MAN Roland Rotoman S

MAN Roland's Rotoman S is now achieving 3.36m A4 pages per hour using the company's new Sleeve technology

GPMU to meet McCorquodale over redundancies

The GPMU will meet with the management teams of McCorquodale Confidential Print and sister company Fencourt Printers today over planned redundancies

Minton to leave Arjo Wiggins

Arjo Wiggins chairman Ken Minton is to step down with immediate effect

St Ives settlement in sight

The GPMU is hopeful of resolving its pay dispute with St Ives' web division by the start of next week, and St Ives directors are "optimistic" about the outcome

Donside's Gore opts to step down

Speculation is rife about the future of The Donside Paper Company after it emerged that chief executive Bill Gore has decided to step down

Creo claims bundles will end with plate price cut

Creo chief executive Amos Michelson has claimed that dramatic cuts in the price of thermal plates will make it difficult for Agfa and Fuji to use consumables bundling to finance hardware sales

Purup admits OEM talks with Heidelberg

Purup-Eskofot has confirmed it is in talks with Heidelberg about an OEM deal for CTP products

Tecnograv joins forces with Belgian firm

Tecnograv has entered into a technical and marketing alliance with Belgian pre-press group De Schutter

Dotcom mistrust is rife, says report

E-commerce firms are set for a round of consolidation over the next year after a less than enthusiastic uptake from the print industry

CMYK and Moonpig top Xeikon awards

UK digital print came out on top in this year's Xeikon Diamond awards contest, with CMYK Digital Print Solutions and Moonpig making it a winning double

Beamglow sues EC after loss of profit

Beamglow is suing the European Commission for 2m after its turnover fell by a third following the punitive tariffs imposed on European imports by the US in last year's "banana wars".