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UK printings struggle to remain competitive against European competition has allowed Italian print group Longo to record sales of about 1.5m in its first year in the UK market

Photobitions management have denied reports that their buyout has collapsed

Kent-based printer Multiplex Techniques is under new ownership after being bought as a going concern from administrative receiver PKF

The European operation of 58k.com is to be merged into PrintCapacity, a UK-based company that provides estimating systems for large print buyers

Four companies from the CSM Group have been placed into administration with RSM Robson Rhodes, which is looking to sell them as a going concern

Cradley Print could face industrial action following the GPMUs balloting of members at the Black Country-based printer, and marketing director Aidan Kidson has left the firm

Premier Paper subsidiary Asset Paper is to be developed into a new company called Premier Business Forms

Manchester-based marketing agency mda media has set up an online proofing system that is free to its clients

Maidenhead-based print management firm La Fenice has said it will not take any more orders, although parts of the business will be transferred to internet security and print solutions company...

Creo Products has embarked on an efficiency drive to combat the effect of the global economic slowdown

X-Rite has launched the DTP 34, a low-cost densitometer for calibrating digital copiers and printers

Macfarlane Group has sold its 2.8m remaining shares in British Polythene Industries (BPI) for a 6.5m fee following the failure of its attempted hostile takeover

Heidelberg first-quarter sales rose from last year, but orders have decreased compared with its bumper Drupa 2000

Aldershot-based Bridge Offset has invested 1.8m in new equipment including a second-generation platesetter

Former directors of north Londons doomed Colophon Design & Print are thought to be sounding out the market for potential work from their former client portfolio