News

Total paper and board production in Europe reached nearly 23m tonnes in the second quarter of 2003, up 0.6% on the same period last year.

<i>Harry Potter</i> creator JK Rowling is one of 14 high-profile authors who have pledged that their next books will be printed on sustainably sourced material.

Print management company etrinsic has secured 9m of new and renewed business.

Hulls Harlands Labels has been bought by its management team from holding company Grenadier and plans to install new plant in the first quarter of 2004.

The Manson Group hopes to move to full JDF compliance next year following an ambitious programme of installations.

Xerox unveiled hardware and software enhancements to its DocuColor range at GraphExpo, including a new member of the range.

Lastra has bought the newspaper and digital photography assets of MCSi just weeks after the Mitsubishi-owned company said it would withdraw from the UK market.

The Print and Graphic Communication NTO is calling for employers to support and safeguard the development of new qualifications.

Adare has announced senior appointments at three of its companies.

Eclipse Colour Print is making its first move into the web market with a 16pp M600 from Heidelberg.

Spanish plate manufacturer Ipagsa has defended its Rubi T-50 thermal plate after reports of processing problems.

Astron has won a seven-year outsourcing contract from Zurich.

Beshara Press has gone into liquidation with the loss of 35 jobs.

Kendal printer Frank Peters has received support from the regions MP after parent Bretton Communications said it was likely to close the firm in October.

The industrys commitment to open workflow was underlined this week by alliances at Graph Expo and the announcement of plans to make next years Drupa the "JDF Drupa".