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Ashford Colour Press (ACP) has finalised an 18-month spending spree that topped 3m with the purchase of a Xerox 1300.

Post-deal integration following the acquisition of a distressed business is more important than the price paid, a study has found.

CPI subsidiary Fulmar has invested 250,000 in a B1 Screen PlateRite 880ZX platesetter and a "major workflow upgrade" to Trueflow SE across its two sites in Croydon.

Printpak has continued its shake-up of the market for Management Information System (MIS) software with the offer of a free version of its eponymous MIS to all UK charities.

Shanghai Electric Corporation (SEC) is to become the second largest shareholder in printing equipment manufacturer Goss International.

Leeds-based ImageCo Visual Imaging has installed a Seiko II ColorPainter H-74S to back up a high-end Durst Rho 800.

Polestar Group has recorded a pre-tax loss of 179.6m on a turnover of 346.5m in its latest accounts, largely as a result of a 112.1m impairment of goodwill charge.

Located on the sixth floor of a city-centre building in Prague, Bono Art knew that getting its new HP Designjet L65500 into the lift was not an option.

Colourstream has boosted its productivity by 40% with the installation of a Speedmaster XL 75-10-P as part of a 1.7m investment that also included a Stahlfolder KH 82 and a ST300 saddlestitcher.

Press manufacturers KBA and Manroland have both voiced concern over a state bailout that is to be handed to rival Heidelberg, reported to total 850m euros (720m).

Radical changes to the way employees are certified too unwell to work, which could see the introduction of a 'fit note', are being considered by the government.

Reflections subsidiary Solutions has said a weak exchange rate for the pound has benefited exports of its water-based adhesive.