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Twenty years ago on Monday (23 January), Rupert Murdoch changed the face of the British newspaper and printing industry.

Alden Group has begun work on the site of its new 4.3m factory in Witney, near Oxford.

Imaging Technology International (ITI), the US ink-jet technology developer, has opened a division in the UK and is preparing to introduce its narrow web digital press to the market.

The Christmas slowdown dealt Decembers circulation figures a blow with a handful of newspapers showing increased sales.

Trade printer RCS has unveiled Print Plugin, a scheme offering up to 50% discounts on jobs and is backing it with a 2m-plus investment. The deal is open to franchises, design agencies, copy shops and...

Resource Print Solutions has been purchased in a management buyout led by the companys managing director, Phil Thompson (pictured centre).

Wyndeham Press Group has expanded its printing contract with Dennis Publishing after wresting three monthly titles from Polestar Chantry.

GEW to show its new lamp headGEW is launching a UV curing lamp head at Ipex that it says can save money.

Pantone has launched a low-cost monitor calibrator, huey, which is part of a new range of products developed with GretagMacbeth.

Global Graphics upgraded package for creating high-quality PDF files has won compliance with the Ghent PDF Workgroup.

Quark has released the first QuarkXPress version for Intel and PowerPC-based Macs, and hopes to corner the potentially huge schools market with a package tailored to the classroom.

XMPie has incorporated another add-on to its personalisation software designed for more text-heavy documents.

Xaar has released an upbeat trading update ahead of its full-year 2005 results.

Oc is looking to sign up a new wide-format partner after discontinuing two printers because of Seikos deal to supply HP.

Vision Colour Print is set to install what it claims to be the UKs first Centurion 2 thermal laminator (pictured).