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Lawson Mardon's head of packaging has rejected analysts' predictions that his division will be sold off once parent company Algroup merges with Canadian aluminium giant Alcan in October.

PrintCafe has decided to incorporate the Job Definition Format (JDF) into PCX, its job interchange format.

HighWater Designs has cut staff by eight at its UK headquarters in Cheltenham in a reorganisation to focus more on sales and marketing.

SE Labels has launched a comprehensive survey of the whole European label printing market, to help it plan its future direction.

Colour Quest has merged with four other companies to create The Colour Quest Group and is investing in new kit, including a digital press.

Italian print group Longo has made its first move to set up a sales operation in the UK.

Ken Eckley, former Managing Director of Sakurai Machinery (Europe) has died aged 71.

Impac has further strengthened its multimedia operations with the purchase of DuBOIS, the global licenser and European manufacturer of the injection moulded Amaray DVD case.

Xerox is to drop click charges from some equipment deals due to customer demand.

WAM!NET has launched Transmission Director its replacement for 4-Sight Artwork Delivery System (ADS).

Xerox is fighting the challenge posed to its high-speed monochrome business by the Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 and its derivatives with the release of a new DocuTech, the 6115, and price cuts to the...

James Walker Airedale, ICI Edward Marsden, IST Metz and Varn International have created an informal alliance to promote the benefits of UV printing.

Web printers are coming under increasing pressure from magazine publishers as they push for the adoption of digital workflows.

Random House is following rivals by opening an electronic shop, for "younger tech-savvy" readers.

Speciality screen printer Pacedene has gone into voluntary administration. There have also been an unspecified number of redundancies at the business.