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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