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Internet paper broker calls in admin receiver

Paper-Direct.com, the international online broker for paper and envelopes, has gone into administrative receivership.

Altered focus for Wyndeham Press

Wyndeham Press has reduced its exposure to the magazine sector to concentrate more on commercial work and believes it is well placed to take advantage of any recovery.

Creo joins the absentee list for Imprint

Creo has added its name to the list of non-participants at next years Imprinta show, a week after Heidelberg revealed that it wouldnt exhibit (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 14 June).

Pulp firms under fire for price rises

Pulp producers have been accused of failing to listen to market warnings and of adding to the financial pressure on paper manufacturers, after Sdra put its prices up again.

South Nottingham College gets DoE DI accolade

South Nottingham College is one of 60 colleges named by the Department of Education and Skills as a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE), and is the only one of 370 applicants nationwide to receive...

Arjo blames staff cuts on poor market

Arjo Wiggins Carbonless Paper Operations Europe chief executive Grard Bougniart has acknowledged the scale of decline in the carbonless market, while unveiling plans to cut over 300 jobs.

Boxmore finishes expansion

Field Boxmore in Westport, Ireland, has completed its 1.5m expansion project funded by US parent Chesapeake.

Tullis Russell sees turnaround

Tullis Russell, the independent papermaker based in Fife, has reported a major turnaround in its financial results for the year to 31 March 2002.

Isle of Man firm gets UK's first Cobalt-4

Mannin Media Group has installed the UKs first Cobalt-4 violet platesetter at its Isle of Man base.

Thames McGurk alpha tests Esko's DeskPack tool

Thames McGurk, the London-based packaging design and artwork agency, is the first UK company to alpha test Esko-Graphics desktop packaging production tool, DeskPack.

Creo launches Six Degrees software

Creo has launched its new Six Degrees desktop software with a low-cost introductory offer of just 79.

Results fail to dent Domino's confidence

Domino Printing Sciences, the manufacturer of ink-jet equipment, is confident of its position to take advantage of any upturn in demand, despite static results for the first half of the year.

Colourfast is first with EFI's PrintMe

Brighton-based copyshop Colourfast has become the first firm in the UK to use EFIs PrintMe Network.

Appleton Signs installs second Vutek

Signage specialist Appleton Signs in Southampton has installed a second Vutek UltraVu 3360 EC to meet demand.

Extra funds aid httprint to buy workflow firm

Httprint has confirmed it has secured extra funding and has bought Publishers Market, a Munich-based firm that specialises in web-enabled print advertising workflow.