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Ex-PaperExchange chief launches consultancy
Former PaperExchange Europe managing director Colin Carroll has established a consultancy firm, "to improve and add value to the relationships between buyers and sellers in manufacturing industry"
Europe gets ready for euro currency
New Year revellers in 12 European countries will be able to pay for their morning-after Alka-Seltzer with the new euro banknotes thanks, in part, to De La Rue in Gateshead
RTI offers digital proofing
RealTimeImage has claimed its latest remote proofing system offers the "final link in the digital workflow"
UPM-Kymmene's Davenport retires at 59
Norman Davenport, managing director of UPM-Kymmenes UK sales division, has announced his retirement, after a career spanning 43 years in the paper industry
Ex-Capital FD returns with new firm
Former Capital Paper (Holdings) Group company secretary and finance director Graham Berry has returned to buy the goodwill and assets of Zodiac Paper, Provincial Paper, Panther Paper and Waltham Paper...
Blackmail accusation at Augustus Martin hearing
The ex-managing director of London screen printer Augustus Martin has been accused of trying to blackmail its directors after they made him redundant
Sveaskog to buy AssiDomn
Swedish state-owned forestry company Sveaskog has announced that its takeover offer for all of the shares in AssiDomn has been accepted by its shareholders, which hold more than 95% of the shares
MBO at Engelmann & Buckham
An MBO team has acquired Engelmann & Buckham from parent group AH Buckham.
Oc in restructure
Oc has issued a profits warning and announced a restructuring plan which will see it withdraw from underperforming markets and lay off 4.5% of its workforce.
4imprint wins deal to promote Games
4imprint Group has become joint approved promotion licensee for the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games
Screentec wins Co-op PoS job
Yorkshire screen printer Screentec has produced 14,000 cartoon penguins as part of United Co-ops Christmas campaign
Welling goes after Map merger move
Map Merchant Group is merging the office paper divisions of James McNaughton and MoDo Merchants into a new sales company, in a move that will see MoDo Merchants managing director David Welling leave...
Cost-cutting helps Tullis Russell stay in the black
Tullis Russells cost-cutting programme is paying off despite continuing tough trading conditions
Xerox says pay-as-you-go DocuColor is a success
Xerox has been running a three-month pilot pay-as-you-go finance scheme for its DocuColor 2000 digital colour presses
Aprion unveils commercial ink factory in Israel
Israeli high-speed ink-jet firm Aprion has opened a 3,000-tonne annual capacity ink factory in Israel