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The Sherwood Press in Nottingham has signed a five-year contract worth 3m with the Charity Christmas Card Council (4C) for the production of corporate Christmas cards.

Service Graphics has bought large-format digital printing firm Colourlink London and signed a three-year contract with Ford worth 2.3m.

Lynhurst Press has answered a rise in demand with an order for two Komoris and a Duplo booklet-making system.

Two former directors of Dudley Print have bought its assets and goodwill from administrative receivers Grant Thornton and have formed Direct Print Communications.

Northprint organiser Reed Exhibitions has commitment from exhibitors for 80% of the space at next years show.

Exhibitor numbers at next Februarys Imprinta exhibition in Germany could be considerably down on previous years, with Heidelberg among the suppliers still to confirm attendance.

International Paper (UK) is cutting 60 jobs at Inverurie mill in Scotland following two months of consultations with trade union representatives.

Cambridge University Press (CUP) finishing department has responded to falling run lengths with the purchase of a Wohlenberg 28-clamp binder.

Hawthornes Printers in Nottingham played host to a party of Russian printers representing 16 companies.

Formal insolvency procedures are "not the disaster you might think" and could help businesses to negotiate their way through rocky patches, according to a corporate recovery specialist.

Howard Hunt City has bought a third factory at its Dartford site to make way for its second 1.5m Scheffer offline finishing line, boosting floorspace by 35% to 13,500m.

International financier George Soros investment business is believed to be in talks with private equity house Madison Dearborn Partners to join its 2bn takeover bid for Jefferson Smurfit Group.

Graphic Facilities has won the repro contract for <i>Radio Times </i>after it was put out to tender for the first time.

London-based digital pre-press specialist Electronic Solutions (ES) has announced a partnership with Mtivity to use its print marketing software.

JJays has updated its services for receiving digital files including delivery via the internet and ISDN.