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Adobe CPSI to add PDF 1.4 next year
Workflow developers hope to be using the latest version of Adobes CPSI RIP technology to support PDF 1.4 functions, including transparencies, by early next year
Gretag Pro defies main group losses
Gretags professional imaging division proved to be its only bright spot as the Swiss group announced plummeting sales and a heavy loss for the first six months of 2001
HP earnings for Q3 plummet
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reported a dramatic fall in net earnings for the third quarter due to the global economic downturn
Aspire installs Roland Hi-Fi for short-run Hexachrome
Aspire Print and Repro, the Hertfordshire-based firm that specialises in Hexachrome printing, has installed a Roland Hi-Fi Jet Pro FJ-500 to produce six-colour short-run large-format digital print
International Paper approached for Scottish mill
International Paper is being touted as one of the firms lined up to run the 418m Scottish pulp mill project
Weyerhaeuser continues hunt for Willamette
The 4.8bn battle for Willamette continues, with Weyerhaeuser extending its offer for all of Willamettes outstanding stock until midnight on 14 September
Lyonnais predicts 25% pulp price fall
UPM-Kymmenes acquisition of Haindl is set to fail, and the price of pulp could fall by a further 25% in 2002
Stora approves 317m overhaul at Langerbrugge
Stora Ensos board has approved a 317m asset improvement programme for its Langerbrugge mill in Belgium
Ekman UK wins agency deal for Fabriano paper
Ekman UK has become the exclusive UK and Eire sales agent for Italian paper producer Fabriano
PaperCom to issue green energy plan
PaperCom Europe will issue a report in the coming months outlining the next step for the sustainability blueprint for the industry
Alimac's 5m deal for GE capital arm
Print outsourcing specialist Alistair McIntosh has secured a 5m three-year contract with international conglomerate GE Capital GCF to supply its UK print marketing requirements
CCS secures ITNET supply job
CCS Potts, the Cardiff arm of Thomas Potts, has won a three-year, 2.25m print management contract to supply business stationery and consumables to ITNETs national print centre in Birmingham
BPS wins Norwich programme
BPS Print has secured a three-year 500,000 contract with Norwich City Football Club to produce its matchday programme
Bath secures top religious job
The Bath Press has secured a three-year 2m contract to print the Good News Bible, which is published jointly by the Bible Society and HarperCollins
Natural Pulping finds investors
Natural Pulping has received its first injection of capital from an industrial company ahead of schedule