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ProCo seals UK first with HP SmartStream Director investment
ProCo has said it will run its business "in a totally different way" after installing HP's SmartStream Director workflow software.
Buyer sought for failed Isle of Wight label printer
Administrator Tenon Recovery is working to save the labels arm of Isle of Wight printer West Island Group, which went into administration on at the end of last month.

Printers escape Trinity North East redundancies
Printers appear to have escaped the latest cull at publisher Trinity Mirror, avoiding the 66 job losses in the North East that were announced yesterday.
Parrot eyes tighter deadlines with Ryobi 524HXX
Parrot Print has installed a Ryobi 524HXX to boost its output and meet demands for tighter deadlines.

EPC buys Speedmaster XL 105 for shorter runs
Commercial printer EPC Direct has placed a 4.2m order for a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 12-P to boost its presence in the short-run market.

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Brno premiere features unique printed carpet
Premier PR has tasked Rutters UK with printing the carpet for the premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Brno.

Crisis finds simple DM campaign outperforms expectations
A DM campaign by a homelessness charity has raised 50,000 more than its initial targets.
Nipson SAS comes out of administration
Nipson SAS, the digital equipment manufacturer's main operating subsidiary, has come out of Redressment Judiciare, the French equivalent of administration.

Recession highlights need for strong transpromo
The recession has created a timely opportunity for companies to capitalise on transpromotional advertising and design opportunities within billing and statement documents, DST Output has said.
Dynagram ships inpO2 automation module
US and Canada-based developer Dynagram has started shipping the automation module for its inpO2 PDF imposition software for Adobe Acrobat.

Pageflex launches Studio ID for InDesign CS4
Software developer Pageflex, which is a division of Bitstream, has launched Pageflex Studio ID, a desktop Variable Data Publishing (VDP) plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS4.

Delphi urges digital printers to join FilePrint
Delphi Labs has urged digital print companies to sign up to its FilePrint automated web-to-print system, which it has just updated with the launch of an automated imposition module.

Fuji ships new thermal newspaper plate
Fujifilm Europe has announced the commercial availability of its Brillia LH-NN2 high-speed thermal plate for newspaper applications, which was launched at last year's Ifra Expo in Amsterdam.

Shepshed Knight merges with Q3 Print Project Management
Winstonmead will merge its sheet specialist company Shepshed Knight with new purchase Q3 Print Project Management, after buying the latter for an undisclosed sum.