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SFO investigation at security printer

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating allegations of insider dealing through information leaked from a security printer

PPS takes on stitching giants

MAN Roland UK agent Pershke Price Service (PPS) is taking on a 12,000-per-hour stitching line in a bid to challenge the dominance of Muller Martini and Heidelberg

4DM invests in Kettering plant

Direct mail group 4DM has invested over 1m in expanding its premises and facilities at its Kettering HQ

Trinity opts for Goss

Trinity Mirror has ordered a Goss Colorliner 70 press as part of a 17m drive to make its regional newspaper division the "biggest and best" in the industry

Alchemy Partners looks at Photobition purchase

Venture capitalist Alchemy Partners, the company that tried unsuccessfully to take over the Rover Group last year, has emerged as a potential purchaser of troubled graphics group Photobition

Printers feeling more positive says Directions

A number of printers are "bucking the general trend of despondency", according to the latest BPIF <i>Directions </i>survey

Administrators at Keldia ask for bids

Keldia Printings administrators were asking for bids from Alito Colour, Thomas Potts, Bridge Direct and Delta Display to hit their desks today

Xerox to retain only 150 staff at Mitcheldean

Just 150 staff are to remain at Xeroxs Gloucestershire plant after it announced 1,300 job losses due to a Flextronics deal this week

Coates celebrates long service with special event

Long service in the Coates group of companies was recognised at a special event in London last week

Field Group faces Scottish closures

One of Europes biggest folding-carton firms, Field Group, may close two of its Scottish factories and is set to shed staff because of the tumbling economy

Vitesse expansion under way

Vitesse Printing in London has set up a corporate arm, Vitesse Corporate, which is being run by two ex-Burrups employees, Duncan Summers and John Morris

Greenup loses a third of staff

The administrators for Sheffield-based packaging printer Greenup & Thompson have cut 29 staff from a total of 100

Muller sets sights on hardcover lead

Muller Martini has signalled its intention of becoming the hardcover market leader, at the inauguration of its new VBF building at Bad Mergentheim in Germany

Tech-ni-Fold Heidelberg deal

Tech-ni-Fold has sold a further 100 of its Tri-Creaser units to Heidelberg

NPD enlists Transax services

National Print Database is using the cheque guarantee services of Transax so its customers can accept cheques as if they were cash