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MetalFX will use Drupa to mount a push into flexo printing with a new system for its metallic colour process that offers results "on par with foil".

Paper giant UPM is considering setting up an environmentally friendly paper pulp factory in China, using technology from Finnish company Chempolis Oy.

Goss International is developing software that allows mobile phone users to interact with print adverts.

LG.Philips is to unveil what it claims is the world's highest resolution 14.3-inch flexible colour e-paper display later this month.

The BPIF has said it is "entirely possible" that UK book publishers will be hit by rising paper prices following a major crackdown on small-scale, polluting paper mills in China.

In Clinic this month: Paul Holohan on acquisition financing options; Mark Clews on litho versus screen printers; and Steve Collins on digital proofing technologyillustrations Ian Whadcock

Four Graphics is looking 5,500km east for its future. The Bermondsey-based wide-format graphics firm has set up an operation in Dubai after finding that the Middle East is crying out for its brand of...

We are a high-quality trade printer in the short to medium run, fast turnaround market. Using the Anicolor we anticipate boosting productivity per shift by 25% compared with our conventional press.

Two of Europe's biggest paper manufacturers have pointed to broad jobs cuts and downgrading capacity as rising raw materials costs play havoc with margins.

Heidelberg has confirmed a long-perfecting version of its XL 105 flagship B1 press will be available for some customers before Drupa.

Print buyers will be firmly in the spotlight as part of a tailored programme being held at next year's Drupa exhibition.

Fine art printing is arguably prints finest art. It requires incredible attention to detail, an unparalleled eye for colour and an innate understanding of the subject matter.

Goss International has developed the worlds first 96pp web offset press and has sold the first model to an Italian print firm.

Our roll-to-roll large-format digital machine could produce point-of-sale and promotional material, but only up to a point. Laminating, mounting and varnishing were time-consuming and pushed up labour...

Clinic topics this month: Kevin Purdy on environmentally sound ink; Paul Sherfield on ISO and Fogra standards; and Karen Charlesworth on short-run bookbinding