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Mta, the south-east London pre-press company, is to expand its services to include digital printing due to poor conditions in the repro sector.

Newsquest Media Group has high hopes for its newest recruit, one of the biggest names in paper, Norman Davenport.

Paper chiefs have slated government plans for eco-power and called for huge cash incentives for mills.

Wyndeham Press Groups increasingly integrated approach has helped it to secure a 9m contract to provide print for the Astron Group.

SR Communications has completed a promotion including 3m scratchcards for Magnum ice creams.

Sweden's ScandStick has taken over 170-staff SJP (UK), which was in administrative receivership. The new owner of the St Neots firm makes adhesive reel materials for labels.

Agfas restructuring plan, Horizon, has helped it to nearly double net profits for the first six months of 2002.

Wyndeham Press has won a three-year, 3m-a-year deal with print manager Astron.

Printers have been warned they could be snared by tough new rules on e-trading, which may force them to close websites or pay penalties.

GPMU general secretary Tony Dubbins says the unions withdrawal from the Print 21 project, as revealed last week in <i>PrintWeek</i>, is a direct result of the BPIF reneging on commitments to improving...

Astron Group has reviewed its entire supplier base, making a huge reduction in the number of companies it deals with.

Indigo founder Benny Landa and former Scitex chief executive Yoav Chelouche are targeting ad firms with a 3D images package.

Polestar is recruiting marketers to develop opportunities and help the company be more customer facing.

Former Polestar Colchester managing director Peter Schofield has been named as the managing director of the company created from the assets of Hyway Printing Services.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed it has received a number of complaints about Berger & Company, which has been the subject of printers ire over its business methods.