A new West Country finisher is targeting a gap in the market for small-format and short-run trade work.

An east London printer has been revealed as another NexPress beta site, and Heidelberg will announce orders for at least eight more machines for the UK market at Ipex.

GreenShires will open a training centre for clients and suppliers at its Leicester site later this month.

Sappi has reported a 76% slump in pre-tax profits for the first quarter of 2002, but executive chairman Eugene van As said the South African papermaker was "cautiously optimistic".

Polestar has put back any announcement on the future of Chromoworks until next Monday (3 December).

Huddersfield-based Halcyon DM has invested in two Oc PageStream 500s in response to an increase in demand for its direct mail services

The Office of Fair Trading has issued Xerox with a formal notice that it suspects infringement of the Competition Act 1998, following a complaint from Technologic LSI

Bahson Colour Print hopes to double turnover to 5m within two years after spending 3m on Heidelberg kit including the norths first 10-colour B1 Heidelberg.

RDM Test Equipment has been appointed as the official UK and European Union service centre for the repair and upgrading of all Tobias Associates equipment

Former B&P Print Finishing technical director Reg Walwyck has set up his own trade finishing house