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MY Holdings and Nampak Europe aim to increase their "muscle power" in the European packaging market following the imminent merger between their South African parent companies, Malbak and Nampak.

Teich Flexibles (UK) has begun talks with 128 staff about the closure of its Derby plant after being hit by a 40% fall in prices and costly environmental legislation.

Madison Dearborn has been left as the sole bidder for Jefferson Smurfit after the second party in the running, believed to be US private equity group Texas Pacific, decided not to make an offer.

Patricia Hewitt MP, the secretary of state for trade and industry, praised Taylor Bloxham as a "great Leicester success story" during a visit to the printer, which is based in her Leicester West...

The Beacon Press environmentally friendly approach to printing has been recognised with an award in this years government-sponsored Community Awards for Excellence.

An enormous paper fire destroyed a 10-storey warehouse and killed one man at Quad/Graphics 200,000m&#178 plant in Wisconsin, USA, which is claimed to be the largest printing facility in the Western...

Picon has given its members access to "early warning" information against bad debt after it signed up with credit checking agency ICSM.

Tecnogravs acquisition of Tronic Gravure, its smaller, Wigan-based rival, has made it by far the largest gravure engraving outfit in the UK, according to managing director Ian Hewson.

Domino has developed a water-washable ink that can be printed onto a plates image side during CTP production to help avoid any on-press mix-ups.

A Brighton-based firm has developed a package that turns almost any internal drum imagesetter into a metal platesetter.

Reprotech Studios has become the first UK company to offer Prolatus WebConnect service.

Xerox has added a high-end model to complement its popular DocuColor 2000 range of digital printers.

Getmapping, the aerial survey company, is using its new Agfa Grand Sherpa large-format poster printer to produce prints for a campaign run by the <i>Evening Standard </i>newspaper.

Nipson, formerly the Xeikon black-and-white business, is formulating a strategy to repair market confidence after the break-up of the Belgian company.

Sappis attempts to push through a 5% increase on coated woodfree reels and sheets across Europe have been met with exasperation by some UK buyers.