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Directors of Graphic Inline, the Leicester-based direct mail printer, are behind a new venture headed up by former Communisis key accounts staff Paul Foster and Tim Bennett.

St Ives Gillingham factory will close on 7 June.

Klippan Paper has bought a further 500,000 shares or 1% of Inveresk, taking its total holding up to 8.4% of the Scottish papermaker.

Problems at a UK printer have been falsely blamed for the late distribution of 144,000 World Cup 2002 tickets, according to the FIFA World Cup Ticketing Bureau.

About 60 people have attended a meeting convened by the Montgomery Litho Group finance director Andrew Montgomery to discuss the growing problem of phoenix firms in the Scottish print sector.

KBA is claiming second spot in the sheetfed market behind Heidelberg after its order backlog overtook that of main rival MAN Roland.

Digital print will become a mainstream process alongside litho, both for monochrome and colour work, and will account for 15% of the value of all print by 2007, a new report predicts.

Ipex organiser IIR Exhibitions has appointed Trevor Crawford as exhibitions director, following the announcement that Caroline Eden is stepping down in June after eight years.

Ormolu Group and Waddies have confirmed their merger to create a group with sales of over 60m.

Publisher Forme Communications has been placed into compulsory liquidation after being hit by a winding-up order from HM Customs & Excise.

Goss has introduced a new straight version of its Uniliner press range to rival Heidelbergs Mainstream.

Polestar Purnell has bolstered its bindery with a 2m investment in Muller Martini equipment originally destined for the groups Spanish operations.

British Polythene Industries (BPI) will be forced to pass on raw material increases of 30% to 50% to customers due to supply problems in the polymer industry.

West Ferry, the Docklands-based newspaper printer, rewarded staff members who had achieved new training standards at a ceremony last week.

Will it or wont it? Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) plans to launch a violet CTP plate, according to industry commentator Andrew Tribute (pictured).