Companies from the graphic arts and communications industries are being invited to become corporate members of The Stationers and Newspaper Makers Company.

Excelprint has closed with 60 redundancies so far after the administrator failed to find a buyer for the business.

Troika Systems has linked up with Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) to launch an economical automatic double-sided proofer.

Augustus Martin has bought the UK's first Rapida 205, the super large format sheetfed litho press from KBA, in an investment worth more than 3m.

Friedheim International is targeting an innovative new finishing device at web printers and binderies looking for greater efficiency.

Scorpio Print Finishing will create 50 new jobs over the next few months and is eyeing up possible acquisitions.

Transactional print firm Optecon has developed a software platform to incorporate personalised marketing into bills and statements.

VGL, the digital and screen print specialist, has invested 250,000 in the UKs first LightJet 500XL from Oc.

Heidelberg UK has linked up with print MIS developers Shuttleworth and OCSL to establish JDF links.

A shortage of presses to print both tabloid and broadsheet editions of The Times has led to a change in editorial deadlines.