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Print equipment reseller CP Graphics has strengthened its sales force with the appointment of ex-Janus Technologies employee Phil Barton-Carroll as a sales manager.

TL Visuals in Yate is to drop B2 production to concentrate on the B1 format after buying a 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster.

St Ives has rejected Tangent Communications' 282m proposed bid for the print group.

Sheffield digital print firm Pinders has been given the go-ahead to expand its operation into a new complex.

QuarkXPress 7, the make-or-break product in Quark's desktop publishing war with Adobe, has failed to iron out problems with PDF generation, according to workflow suppliers.

The first bout of job losses arising from X-Rite's acquisition of GretagMacbeth is underway as the firm integrates its UK operations.

Wyndeham has unveiled its latest online publishing software for catalogues, mag-azines and brochures.

Heidelberg's Anicolor-equipped SM52 will be returning to the UK next month on its return journey from GraphExpo, in the US, to Germany.

The firm behind self-seal payslip production plans a major expansion into Europe and the US after listing on the PLUS stock exchange.

Point-of-sale giant bezier is still on the hunt for a large-format litho division after filling a gap in the permanent in-store market and pushing its turnover to 100m.

Direct mail printers will soon have a new postal delivery service to go "the final mile" under plans by TNT to put its own postmen and women on the streets.

Book and journal printer The Charlesworth Group has undergone a change to its management following the surprise resignation of its group chief executive.

Print imports from China into the UK increased by 700% from 1994 to 2005, new figures from European print federation Intergraf have revealed.

A copy of the world's first printed atlas, made in Italy more than 500 years ago, was sold for 2.1m ($3.9m) at a Sotheby's auction last week.

Amicus has called on the industry to redouble efforts on health and safety, after a contractor at paper manufacturer M-real lost a leg following an accident.