Jefferson Smurfit Groups third-quarter losses reflect the challenging environment of the packaging industry from overcapacity in Europe and a weak US dollar.

MAN Roland is to add new options to its service package for sheetfed presses as it bids to move customers from break-fix maintenance to a more preventative approach.

Eclipse Colour Print is making its first move into the web market with a 16pp M600 from Heidelberg.

Stora Enso has appointed Markku Pentikinen as executive vice president for its Asia Pacific division with effect from 1 January 2004.

Swedish pulp producer Sdra Cell has announced an increase of US$20 per tonne on the price of its Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp, taking it to $530 per tonne with effect from 1 September.

Crowes Complete Print is investing 1.5m in two Speedmasters in a bid to increase sales by up to 30% in the next 18 months.

M-real and International Paper are the latest paper manufacturers to paint a less than pretty picture of the industry.

Swedish pulp producer Sdra Cell is to take 60,000 tonnes of pulp out of the market due to low demand and maintenance-related shutdowns.

Konica has launched a 50ppm colour and black-and-white digital printer that it hopes will challenge machines from Xerox and Canon that print at similar speeds.

Clinical Print Finishers aims to become carbon neutral by working with Future Forests to fund the planting of native trees to neutralise the carbon dioxide emitted by its operations.