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Showcard Print is aiming to break into the UKs top three point-of-sale (PoS) printers following an investment programme that includes a move into large-format litho.

Pre-press giants Agfa Graphics and Kodak Graphics Communications Group (GCG) have reported a drop in sales in their recently published first-quarter results.

Sheffield based commercial printer ProCo is the latest in a host of print companies to gain both FSC and PEFC accreditations.

Heidelberg has appointed its first sales rep dedicated to service contracts.

Web printer Artisan Press has earned a spring bonus after signing up 2.5m of new work in April and May.

News International and HarperCollins will go carbon neutral by the end of 2007.

Sam Ferguson, founder of Edotech, the print management company bought by Astron for 130m three years ago, has made a return to the BPO sector at the helm of EDM Group.

Picon has appointed Tim Webb, managing director of Russell-Webb, as executive director.

EFI gave the latest version of its Digital StoreFront (DSF 3.0) web-to-print software its UK debut at a showcase event in London last week.

HPs latest flagship digital press, the Indigo 5500, grabbed the limelight at the companys Graphic Arts Summit in Rome last week.

Packaging pre-press specialist Esko is gearing up to launch a new packaging design product, following its acquisition of software developer Stonecube.

Helvetica, one of the corporate worlds most widely used fonts, is celebrating its 50th birthday this year with a major exhibition at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art.

Lexmark International has launched a thermal inkjet product targeted at its original equipment manufacturers (OEM) partners that are developing variable-data applications.

A new vinyl printing company has been set up in Grimsby to print signs for companies in Lincolnshire.

Envelope manufacturer and printer Bespoke Envelopes Direct has ordered a new ECRM Mako 2L platesetter from pre-press supplier Art Centre (UK).