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Litho Supplies sells first TruePress 544 to Hazel Press

Litho Supplies has sold its first Screen TruePress 544 to Hazel Press in Wembley

Xeikon fails in bid to secure funding

Xeikon has failed in its bid to secure new funding and now looks likely to be sold, with MAN Roland the favourite to step in and save the business

NUR issues Q4 profits warning

NUR Macroprinters, the digital press manufacturer, has issued a profits warning for the fourth quarter of 2001

Aprion ink-jet to stop offset use

Aprion plans to release an ink-jet press aimed at replacing offset in commercial print within seven years

ESMA adds five to digital body

The European Screen Printing Manufacturers Association (ESMA) has recruited five members to its new Digital Technology Committee, including Agfa

Holmen creates special coated mag paper for UK

Holmen Paper will develop a special coated grade of magazine paper for the UK market, as a result of customer demand

New fine paper from Robert Horne

Valentinoise is the new range of fine papers with linen embossing available exclusively in the UK from the Robert Horne Group

300 jobs will go in Arjo restructuring

Arjo Wiggins Carbonless Paper Operations Europe has admitted it has presented a restructuring programme to its workforce and unions, which will result in the loss of 300 jobs from its European...

Holograms secure Epson deal for AOT

Epson is using special security holograms produced by Opsec, a division of UK-based Applied Optical Technologies (AOT), as part of a major brand authentication programme in South America

Centurion gets 500k C4 deal

Print management company Centurion Press has distributed 2.75m copies of Channel 4s <i>The Good Book </i>in a print deal worth nearly 500,000

AB Dick and Hamada to launch three new presses

AB Dick and Hamada will launch three new presses for the small-format sheetfed market at Ipex

More Tech-ni-Fold creasers at Ipex

Tech-ni-Fold will launch two new products at Ipex 2002, the Tri-Creaser Deluxe and the Tech-ni-Web machine

BASF confirms show presence

BASF Printing Systems has confirmed it will be at Ipex (Hall 4, stand 365)

Andersen called in to Flair Press

Accountancy group Andersen has been called in as administrative receiver at Northamptons Flair Press, part of the Spectrum Flair Group.

Xeikon fails to find backing and will be sold

Xeikon has failed in its bid to secure new funding and now looks likely to be sold, with MAN Roland the favourite to step in and save the business.