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Ink-jet technologies were the ground-breaking stars of the show at Drupa according to digital print consultancy IT Strategies.

Ink-jet printer manufacturer Domino has shipped out its 50,000th A-Series printer from its Cambridge factory.

Leicester-based print firm Phoenix Colour has installed a new HP Indigo 3000 as it attempts to convince more of its clients to incorporate personalisation and special colour work.

The Barclay brothers have won the race to buy the Telegraph Group, in a 665m deal struck late last night.

Augustus Martin has bought the UK's first Rapida 205, the super large format sheetfed litho press from KBA, in an investment worth more than 3m.

Troika Systems has linked up with Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) to launch an economical automatic double-sided proofer.

The BPIF has released preliminary figures showing a profit, excluding pension costs, of 265,000, while income, excluding training, is up by 8%.

Scottish GPMU members have voted two to one in favour of a pay increase of 2.75% on basic earnings, equivalent to 6.60 per week for grade B skilled workers.

Scorpio Print Finishing will create 50 new jobs over the next few months and is eyeing up possible acquisitions.

Friedheim International is targeting an innovative new finishing device at web printers and binderies looking for greater efficiency.

Manchester print group Gask & Hawley (G&H) has acquired JCM Print Services from the administrators.

Ink-jet technology firm Xaar has reported a strong second quarter, with sales for the first six months of 2004 expected to top 16m - a year-on-year rise of more than 2.5m.

Hopes for better government funding for the print industry have been raised by a select committee report published last week.

NatMags expected launch of a new womens weekly title is likely to pose some interesting production issues for the publisher.

Williams Lea has been awarded a multi-million pound ongoing print management contract by computer software giant Microsoft.