North america

Creditors of battered print giant Quebecor World have taken legal action to reclaim $376m (209m) paid to 14 private lenders in the run up to its bankruptcy.

Agfa has come one step closer to its goal of global film domination after Konica Minolta announced that it would not fill orders for imagesetter film after March 2009.

HP has claimed that it is already making progress on the de-inking of inkjet print using standard flotation techniques.

Digital plate manufacturer Presstek has been fined $31,975 (18,200) after a hazardous chemical spill occurred at one of its US factories.

Negotiations between Greenpeace Canada and newsprint manufacturer AbitibiBowater have broken down over allegations of irresponsible logging practices.

Goss International and Manroland have resolved their US patent infringement case involving web offset press sleeve blanket technology.

Flint Group Flexographic Products is gearing up to unveil two new products at next week's Labelexpo Americas in Chicago, Illinois.

North American print giant Transcontinental has landed a major contract with a Canadian national newspaper <i>The Globe and Mail</i> worth around $1.7bn (900m).

The founders of US-based X-Rite are to sell or surrender life insurance policies as part of a bid to reduce the company's debts.

The Ipex 2010 Champions in Print Awards are gaining momentum, with the first champion set to be unveiled at the end of this month.

UK laminator manufacturer Autobond has continued its run of providing machinery to the east coast of America.

MacDermid Printing Solutions has said it will not be "bullied" by DuPont, after the Swiss-based company forced one of its OEM partners, Cortron Corporation, to cease manufacturing its Lava processors.