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Xaar sees results drop as Chinese sales slow
Slowing sales in China have hit Xaar's half-year revenues and led to a fall in year-on-year turnover to 22.5m (2007: 23.4m).
Under pressure SMEs 'reliant on savings and overdrafts'
UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are under pressure from suppliers billing quicker coupled with fewer companies paying within agreed payment terms, according to research from HSBC.
Council chooses CFH to handle electoral forms
CFH Total Document Management has been awarded a contract by Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) to produce its annual canvass documentation.
Arjowiggins' Keaykolour to use FSC-certified pulp only
Arjowiggins has boosted its environmental offering with the announcement that its Keaykolour brand will only use pulp from FSC-certified sources.
Antalis to deliver environmental briefings to businesses
Antalis has teamed up with auditors BM Trada to run a series of environmental briefings for customers.
Colourstream aims to boost efficiency with PitStop creaser
Colourstream Litho in Derby has bought a PitStop digital creaser and perforator to increase efficiency on short-run print jobs.
Encore Machinery becomes sole distributor for JUD
UK finishing equipment distributor Encore Machinery has been appointed as the sole distributor for French manufacturer JUD.
HP's IPG bucks trend with 10% rise in net revenue
Growth in HP's Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) has led to a 10% increase in the company's net revenue to $28bn (15bn) in its third quarter results.
RSDB announces 1.1m first-half net loss
RSDB has posted a net loss of 1.4m euro (1.1m) for the first half of 2008.
Royston Labels spends 1m on Nilpeter combo press
Self-adhesive label specialist Royston Labels has invested more than 1m in a 12-colour Nilpeter FA4 combination press in order to increase capacity.
Swanline sees enquiries soar following Automatan EM buy
Staffordshire-based Swanline Print has experienced a "substantial increase in enquiries" since installing what it claims is Europe's largest fully automatic litho laminating system - the Automatan...
OKI to debut C9850 at Total Print! exhibition
OKI will give a UK launch to its new colour printer, the C9850, at this year's Total Print! Expo.
Two Yorkshire printers merge in bid to cut costs
West Yorkshire-based printers Raiseprint and Millprint have merged their operations in order to make cost-savings and diversify into new markets.
Zebra wins repro contract for Co-operative magazine
Zebra, the London-based pre-press specialist, has won the repro contract for the launch of The Co-operative's new quarterly customer magazine.
Former apprentices buy out Datumpress
Pre-press specialist Datumpress has been acquired in a management buyout, by two of its longest serving staff.