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Print training chiefs are quizzing thousands of firms to pinpoint the state of skills and training in the sector.

Sun Chemical has bought the brand protection assets and trade names of Veritec.

Polestar Direct Leeds (PDL) has said that the majority of the 45 staff at its sheetfed division have taken redundancy packages following its closure.

Technotrans is building up production capacity at its base in Germany as it moves into the new area of cleaning systems.

Lonsdale Print Solutions has made a 250,000 investment in confidential print as it targets a turnover of 10m.

The PrintWeek Awards 2004 on Monday (18 October) will be the biggest ever.

Linney Connect, the recently formed print management arm of the Linney Group, has clinched a contract from healthcare giant Roche.

Chemical company SwanTek has launched what it boasts is an eco-friendly solvent for cleaning presses and blankets.

Wyndeham has won the contract for Reveal, the new womens weekly from NatMags that launched this week.

Gibson Print, whose joint managing director is for-mer Waddies boss Brian Purves has bought Howie & Seath.

A liquidator has been appointed to White Productions following its winding-up by Perivan Group administrator Begbies Traynor (PrintWeek, 30 September).

MetaCommunications, the US-based software firm, has used Graph Expo to launch a raft of new products.

Friary Press has become the first UK magazine printer to acquire a 10-colour Komori Lithrone LS40 long perfector press, with installation set for early next year.

Imposition specialist Dynagram has launched DynaStrip Flow, and the latest version of DynaStrip, at Graph Expo.

Creo is restructuring with the loss of 5% of its worldwide workforce, but the move will not result in any UK redundancies