News

UPM has revealed a 27m (40m) investment to improve its Kaipola mill in Finland and has finally ended a long-running strike at a Canadian plant.

Duplo Internationals open house at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club will be the first national public showing of its MKF-35 knife-folder.

Leeds-based Scorpio Print Finishers is in ongoing negotiations to take over the manufacturing of Z-Cards.

Bezier has revealed ambitious plans to hit 100m turnover by the start of 2009, after the retail print specialist was sold this week for 77m.

Adobe and Macromedia shareholders have voted yes to a long-awaited takeover, which is set to form an imaging software powerhouse.

Wace is to install three new Stahlfolders this autumn as it continues its 5m investment in Heidelberg kit.

SMP Group is gearing up to bring its 120-staff set up under one roof and is using the recent purchase of a KBA press as a possible stepping stone for an even bigger spend.

Target Direct Print managing director Peter Frings has warned the print management sector that it could lose clients if it doesnt focus enough on service.

London printer Colour Factory and print management firm Charterhouse have linked up to produce a booklet mailing for a sporty new Nissan car.

Myllykoski is looking into building a 400,000 tonnes per year paper mill, in a 272m (400m) project.

The after-effects of the Finnish paper dispute are now starting to emerge, with paper and board production slashed to half during the second quarter of this year.

MAN Roland has installed one of the first InlineFoiler Prindor systems, developed for greetings card, label, book jacket and packaging printers, at Print & Art Faksimile in Austria.

Apple Print has upgraded its creasing and perforating with a DCM-45/75 from Duplo International.

Polestar Chantry is in the final stages of equipping its 10m finishing and mailing facilities.

Babs International is having a showroom spring clean of ex-demo kit and discontinued lines and offering up to 50% discounts.