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ProSkills, the process and manufacturing industry skills initiative, has been granted its Sector Skills Council (SSC) licence.

East Londons print community is set for a shake-up following yesterdays Olympic triumph for the capital.

CTD Printers is investing 2.5m in new equipment following its move to new premises earlier this year.

B&P Lightbrigade produced 900sqm of graphics for last weekends Live8 concert in Hyde Park.

Bicester-based firm Webmart has appointed a graduate trainee as part of its recent recruitment drive.

A number of sector trade organisations and unions have joined forces to ask the DTI to sponsor a project to review the Paper Industry National Agreement.

Xaars pre-tax profits for the first six months of this year rose above expectations to 4.5m, an increase of over 2m on last year.

Agfa has issued a profits warning for its second quarter citing weaker demand, lower prices and higher raw materials costs, but predicts a strong 2006 as ink-jet revenues kick in.

European pulp and paper producers have reported another annual increase in production, with the figures for 2004 once again at record levels.

A resurgent BPIF plans to grow membership so that it encompasses 80% of the industry by turnover, and also aims to help the industry double its net profitability to 6.6%.

A new digital print firm with leading edge kit for a leading edge service has won Welsh Assembly funds.

A KBA press has notched up 100 years in production, and is still in use at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to produce posters.

Seven young people pursuing a career in print have benefited from this years BPIF/Printers Charitable Corporation educational scholarships.

Applied Image Technology has adapted a Shiraz RIP and bundled it with a low-cost large-format printer to make one of the cheapest flatbed UV inkjet printer packages available in the UK.

DS Smith Display has installed the UKs largest Thieme DataScreen CTP stencil-making system and aims to save 200,000 a year on repro services as a result.