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WAM!NET gets deal go-ahead

WAM!NET has received the clearance from the majority of its bondholders that it needed to proceed with its finance deal with Cerberus Capital Management

Belcher joins Color Co

Former PrintChannel European managing director Kevin Belcher is returning to the industry

Photobition Forum wins support from ex-chiefs

The Photobition Forum Action Group has gained the support of former directors Phil Parkinson and Mick Green

Bridge buys Merlin out of receivership

Merlin Colour Printers has been bought out of administrative receivership by print management specialist Bridge Direct

Early interest in Print UK shows focus on digital

Pre-registrations for Print UK (Olympia, 18-20 September show that visitors are most interested in developments in digital print and pre-press

Adminstrators of Centre Web sell assets to York Mailing

York Mailing has bought the assets of Brackmills-based Centre Web from administrator BDO Stoy Hayward for an undisclosed sum

MAN Roland sees 4% order increase

MAN Roland has reported a 4% rise in new orders for the first half of 2001, despite the effects of the economic slowdown. But the group has warned that a slowdown is already noticeable

Macfarlane sells plastics firm

Macfarlane has finalised its new focus on packaging and distribution by disposing of its plastics business for 48m ($70m) to Tyco

Celloglas backs investment

Celloglas is set to sink 3.3m of investment into its business this year, despite being hit by bad debts to the tune of 480,000

Muller secures rights to Book

Muller Martini is set to challenge Kolbus after buying the rights to manufacture Book Technology Groups hard-cover products

Brewster acquires JP divisions

Jarvis Porter will focus solely on labels and healthcare packaging after selling its dripmat and promotional print wing to former chief executive Richard Brewster

MCSi unveils plate technology plans

MCSi plans to introduce a swathe of new plate technologies to drive business forward

DuPont fills imaging unit role

DuPont has appointed Alan Walsh to head its new Imaging Technologies business unit in the UK

Pharmecutical Marketing shifts to PDF

<i>Pharmaceutical Marketing </i> has taken all its pre-press work in-house and is now only supplying PDFs to its printer, The Friary Press in Dorchester

ScenicSoft set to support JDF via UpFront 1.5

ScenicSoft has announced its first two products to support the Job Definition Format