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B&B Press has installed two Sakurai presses, and is looking at further investment in digital technology.

ArjoWiggins has announced new products, extensions and colours to its Curious Collection range of specialist text and cover papers.

The Sunderland Echo has moved all its titles to CTP as part of a 5m pre-press and presshall investment.

Xaar has signed an initiative with US industrial ink-jet firm, imaging Technology international (iTi) to open up the development of high-speed digital web printing applications for its print heads.

Map Merchant Group has become the first merchant to confirm paper price rises.

Boxstar, a new packaging group, has been formed by a management buyout of Polestar's packaging and labels firms.

The battle for West Ferry has ended in a truce after Richard Desmond announced that he would not try to buy out the Telegraph Groups 50% share of the print business.

The Telegraph Group could move its print operations to a greenfield site when its contract at West Ferry runs out.

Polestar has proposed to relocate its Chantry bindery at Middleton Grove, Leeds, to a factory next door to Polestar Chantry in Wakefield.

Interoperability between JDF-enabled equipment is continuing apace, according to results from the latest CIP4 tests.

Telekinesys Software is to launch equator 4.0, the latest release of its print management transactions software in October this year.

Mirror Colour Print is to produce a weekly 1.6m-run national newspaper targeting young male pub-goers.

All UPM pulp and paper mills now have ISO 14001 certified environmental management.

Paper management software provider Perfected Solutions has installed its Perfected Paper Manager (PPM) system across merchant group P3.

Orchestra Bristols spending spree on new equipment has continued with the acquisition of an Oc PS 880 C-Twin system.