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Xaar has reported a strong first half of 2004, a reversal of its position in the same period in 2003, and claims to be in a strong position for the future.

Close Print Finance has parted company with its charismatic co-founder Murray Booker, who has resigned from his position as managing director.

NexPress has added a new member to its Digimaster E Series. The E125 is a 125ppm machine which joins the 150ppm E150 announced at Drupa.

Renz is to launch four pieces of digital finishing kit at this years Digital Print World exhibition at Olympia.

Following Caroline Archers Poetic Legacy of the printed word feature weve had an impressive response from poetic printers past and present. Here are a few of our favourites.

Litho Supplies has moved to restructure its board following last months high-level departures, and has reported a big jump in sales of electronic equipment at the half-year although sales and profits...

Reacting to demand for its ink rising by 50% year-on-year, HP Indigo opened a dedicated ink factory in Israel this week to serve the European market.

HP Indigo and Xeikon have launched their latest web-fed digital label presses, the HP Indigo ws4050 and the Xeikon 330.

St Ives has more than quadrupled the size of its point-of-sale business with the acquisition of 35.4m turnover SP Group.

Xerox has taken the wraps off the latest member of the DocuColor family, the 8000.

Picon has been praised by UK Trade & Investment for the management of the British Group at Drupa 2004.

Agfa has extended its reach in newspaper pre-press workflow with an agreement to buy ProImage.

Communisis has boosted its print management business by buying Dataform.

Belmont Press is the first UK printer to take delivery of an Apollo CTS offline sheeter.

Packaging repro firm InTouch has been bought by the European arm of Matthews International in a bid to increase pan-European business from UK-based brand owners.