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Print 01 debut for Xeikon DMP 8000

Xeikon launched a new high-speed mono printer at Print 01 and announced that its colour sheetfed machine, the CSP 320 D, was now back on track.

Polestar to host supplier event

Polestar will hold a supplier summit in London at the end of the month.

Summers to leave Xerox after 27 years' service

Xerox director and general manager for the UK graphic arts sector, Alistair Summers, is to leave the firm at the end of the month after 27 years of service.

Sdra Cell to raise Tofte pulp targets

Sdra Cell is embarking on a production programme at its Tofte pulp mill in Norway, and is also undertaking a logistics structure study to improve the transportation of pulp into the UK.

Stora Enso sells Newton Kyme assets

Stora Enso is continuing talks with several interested parties over the sale of assets from its Newton Kyme mill in North Yorkshire

Graphic Inline offers discount

Leicester-based Graphic Inline is set to spread some seasonal cheer this year with a discount Christmas card package.

JP wins cordials label contract

Jarvis Porter Labels has been selected to produce the self-adhesive labels for Sainsburys new Taste the Difference range of cordials by supplier Bottle Green Drinks of Stroud.

Access Plus earns contract with Next

Access Plus has reported a 26% rise in interim turnover to 14.8m and has picked up a lucrative two-year contract with fashion retailer Next.

Mondi acquires Danisco Pack

Mondi Packaging UK has bought the packaging and paper assets of Danisco Pack UK, including two waste-based paper mills, for 64m.

BPI denies "price fixing" claim

British Polythene Industries (BPI) will co-operate fully with the European Commission investigation into price fixing in the polythene industry that has overshadowed its interim results.

Half-year profits fall at Litho Supplies

Litho Supplies described the industry as being in a difficult state as the group revealed interim pre-tax profits down almost 44% to 1.3m.

Landa sells Indigo to HP at Print 01

On the first day of Print 01 Indigo founder Benny Landa announced that less than an hour before the firm's press conference he had signed a deal to sell out to Hewlett-Packard

Xerox gives sneak preiview of iGen3 at Print 01

Xerox is showing its third generation digital colour press the iGen3 at the Chicago show ahead of its formal launch at Ipex next April

Finchmark goes into administrative receivership

Stockport-based direct mail house Finchmark has been placed in administrative receivership with the loss of 40 jobs

Barco Graphics and Purup-Eskofot to merge

European pre-press vendors consolidate with tie-up between Barco and Purup-Eskofot