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Partnership at Work faces final hurdle

The joint Amicus and BPIF Partnership at Work Agreement and Code of Practice has reached the final stages, and could be rolled out in November.

Wyndeham share price up after buy

Wyndeham Press Groups share price rose more than 10% after it announced a 5m acquisition to move into digital and large-format printing last week.

CPI Bath spends 1m to improve output

CPI Bath is investing over 1m in new equipment and a press hall. The investment comes six months after the French-owned book manufacturer acquired Chippenham-based Antony Rowe Group.

K2 Group chief says business going strong

K2 Group founder and chairman Kevan Coleman has robustly denied rumours that the direct mail specialist is in trouble, saying his business is very strong.

EFI launches EIS dashboard for MIS

EFI has taken the wraps off its Executive Information System (EIS), a free tool for its MIS customers to help them make the most of the data collected by the system.

Montgomery buys Norwich Union printing inplant

The Montgomery Group has bought Norwich Union (NU)s printing inplant, and debuted the Heidelberg Printmaster Ecocolor.

Imprint installs first Inca Spyder 320

Point-of-sale specialist Imprint has installed the worlds first Inca Spyder 320 flatbed printer to take it into new markets.

Fire at Caledonian grossly exaggerated

Production was disrupted at Caledonian Offset last Thursday (11 August) after a small fire broke out during the print run for the <i>Evening News</i>.

Dsi launches personalised photo albums for Thomson

Dsi group has added another mainstream personalised digital print product to its portfolio, launching an online photograph album printing service for Thomson Holidays.

KAS unveils entry-level enveloper

KAS Paper Systems is to launch a new entry-level folder/inserter, designed to sit between desktop and full production models, at Digital Print World.

HP boosts wide format presence with 127m buy

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

RR Donnelley snaps up Polish print firm

Global print giant RR Donnelley is set strengthen its European operations by buying poland-based web printer Poligrafia, in a deal worth 29.5m (42.9m).

KBA figures improving but still in the red

Press manufacturer KBA has posted a pre-tax loss of 3m (4.5m) for the first half of 2005.

Wyndeham buys 16m Blacketts in 5m deal

Wyndeham Press Group is to move into digital and large-format printing after buying Essex printer Blacketts this morning in a deal set to be worth more than 5m.

Gecko scoops Mecca print management deal

Leeds-based print management firm Gecko has won Mecca Bingos estimated "seven-figure" membership business.