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Czech press manufacturer Adast has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) has laid off 74 staff to reduce its cost base by 20%.

The two preferred bidders for Xeikons colour business MAN Roland and Yam International have pulled out of the chase, and Belgian electronics specialist Punch is now set to acquire the firm's assets.

Charges from its Horizon restructuring programme saw Agfa post a pre-tax loss of 273m for 2001.

Komori will launch a completely new B1 press, the Lithrone S40, at Ipex.

Global Graphics has signed a letter of intent to sell its Hardware division to Gary Jones, the division's chief operating officer.

Northamptons Spectrum Flair is back in operation following its acquisition by The Print Factory.

ControlP subsidiary Documedia Solutions has bought the goodwill and assets of Colourflows London operation after the Farnborough-based design and print chain went into administrative receivership.

Jarrold Group chief executive Rob Mills has resigned from the Norwich firm and has been replaced at the helm of Jarrold Printing by Charles Jarrold.

The Astron Groups operations director Kathy Woodward has left the firm after five years service.

Several parties have expressed an interest in buying Swan Innovation, formerly Swan Packaging, according to liquidator Begbies Traynor.

A director at Dorking printer Galleon Keys said he was absolutely gob-smacked and stunned after winning 500,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Polestar Chromoworks in Nottingham will close in two weeks on 15 March unless its workforce accepts commercial reality.

Purup-Eskofot (P-E) will use Ipex to launch a low-cost 2pp and 4pp metal platesetter.The PlateDriver QPS is a manual-loading version of P-Es fully automatic PlateDriver platesetter.

Wace Corporate Print managing director Angus Steel says two county court judgements issued against the firm, for a total of 323,149, relate to a deal it struck with the Inland Revenue <i>(PrintWeek,...