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ESMA is to hold its first Digital Printing Exhibition (DPE), after falling out with exhibition co-organiser Fespa.

Hewlett-Packard has extended its reach in the digital print market, snapping up super-wide format printer firm Scitex Vision.

Konica Minolta is to start making plates in the US after it signed a letter of intent to buy Michigan-based plate manufacturer American Litho.

Agfa has introduced two new CTP plates to the UK market, but is not planning a major sales push for the products.

Artwork Systems has pledged it will eliminate dot gain in AM screening with a new product set for launch at Print 05 in Chicago.

Wiltshires in Bristol is to produce <i>Total Su Doku,</i> the latest magazine to cash in on the Japanese number puzzle craze.

Williams Press has opted for used kit with its second 10-colour Heidelberg to reduce costs in a tough magazine sector.

Beswick Paper is planning to extend its UK coverage and double sales to 100m in the next three to five years.

Executives at Associated Newspapers free daily, Metro, have denied reports of plans to launch an edition in Dublin in the autumn.

Office kit supplier Danwood Group is making inroads into the south by opening a new showroom.

Weekly magazine growth has led a 14m rise in overall annual consumer magazine sales, according to Advertising Association statistics.

Garnett Dickinson has broken ground at its new 12,000m sq factory and sold its existing site as part of temporary lease-back until it moves early next year.

A Court of Appeal ruling has effectively given a green light to the tapping up of top employees, such as print salesmen, making it harder for firms to claim compensation.

The Government has failed on a number of targets to aid and encourage the development of small businesses, such as printers.

Metrostat Communications and Print has spent 80,000 moving into CTP with a complete Fuji system.