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Polestar has awarded Creo and Heidelberg the contracts to meet its group-wide move to CTP.

AM Graphidec, the majority-owned Belgian subsidiary of Litho Supplies, has applied for a Moratorium, similar to US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Guardians adoption of Quickcuts file delivery service has freed its advertisers from the need and cost of using preferred repro suppliers.

Printing Techniques signed a number of deals at Ipex including a further deal with Southampton-based book printer Hobbs the Printers.

TypeMaker is launching a range of low-cost products and services under the Colour Confidence brand to encourage the uptake of colour management by smaller firms.

Pims has bought digital printer Communications In Print (CIP), making it the largest commercial digital print company in Europe and possibly the world.

T/R Systems and Heidelberg are working together to enable Heidelbergs digital presses to be driven by T/R Systems MicroPress workflow software.

A double whammy of demand dips has led to plummeting sales and profits at Electronics for Imaging (EFI) for the first quarter.

The paper sector has criticised the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) for dealing leniently with Wastepack after it failed to comply with its obligations for packaging waste in 2001.

International Paper has reported first-quarter earnings of 44.9m ($65m), compared to a loss of 30.4m for the same period last year.

Papeteries Mougeot is to sell its carbonless paper production machine to a subsidiary of Bollor and will cease carbonless production at the end of the year.

Intelligent Print Solutions (IPS), the Tonbridge-based print management company, has completed its largest ever direct marketing job for client One 2 One as part of its rebranding as T-Mobile.

Harlands Labels has produced the first commercial application of its new Wrap and Peel label for The Body Shop.

Checkprint, the specialist cheque printer based in Hinckley, has taken on all of Software Stationery Specialists personalisation and cheque printing contracts along with seven staff.

Significant excess capacity in all St Ives main markets bar book printing almost halved the groups interim pre-tax profits before exceptional items to 16.6m.