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Without upheaval, platesetting at Wimbledon-based printer Purbrooks is now faster and more eco-friendly, says its managing director, Jan Prokop

As sheetfed offset presses have become faster over the past decade, the general consensus is that the technology has reached peak productivity levels: there are no big speed increases to come.

Sun Chemical has unveiled a best practice guide for low-migration printing with UV curing or conventional offset inks.

Paper manufacturer M-real has announced the closure of a board machine at its Tako mill, based in Tampere, Finland. The closure is part of the companys restructuring programme for its Finnish...

PaperCos Satimat and Inuit papers have been selected for <i>The Print Managers Handbook 2007</i>, published by Unity Print and Publishing in association with the BPIF.

Stora Enso Speciality Papers will launch a new grade of Lumisil Lo as a direct replacement for its glassine release liner paper at Label Summit Latin America, held on 1516 May in So Paulo, Brazil.

International Paper has produced a range of tinted papers called Adagio that are being marketed to encourage firms to welcome spring into their office.

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) and the Sheet Plant Association are to run a programme to raise awareness of the benefits of corrugated cardboard as a packaging material.

Arjowiggins Conqueror brand has been awarded Business Superbrand for a fourth consecutive year by The British Superbrands Council.

Sun Chemical has launched Metal-Eco; the worlds first vegetable oil-based sheetfed offset metallic inks.