News

Colourgen has announced Epsons first ever loyalty discount offer to wide-format users wishing to upgrade to a Stylus Pro model.

TL Visuals is set to become fully JDF compatible when its new Heidelberg finishing equipment is integrated.

Agfa has been hit by the appreciation of the euro and weak markets in the first three quarters of the year.

Xerox has offered to pay more than 140m ($239m) to retired staff following the three-year court case into incorrectly calculated retirement payments.

Centurfax has bought pre-press equipment and support services provider Marlowe Graphic Services (MGS).

Fujifilm Graphic Systems has added new tools to its Rampage workflow and says its open offering gives printers more freedom than others on the market.

Creos results have been boosted by the success of its server alliance with Xerox.

Global Graphics has announced its first JDF-compliant products, to be shown at Drupa, and it has also joined the Networked Graphic Production initiative.

Business card and badge specialist BIG Group has been bought by US-listed company the Brady Corporation, and has moved production to a new factory in Ipswich.

Astron is looking for business process outsourcing specialists to bolster its offshore operations.

MetalFX, the metallic print technology company, won the Innovation of the Year award at the National Business Awards 2003.

Polestar Chantry in Wakefield has picked up the contract to print BBC Magazines new food title, <i>Olive</i>.

The economic outlook for the pulp and paper sector is looking better but any recovery could be short-lived, according to an industry specialist.

The Newspaper Society is looking to use its file transfer system, AdFast, and highlight the amount of investment in colour printing to attract national advertisers to the regional press.

Nearly half the workforce at Perivan Group, which trades as Perivan White Dove, has been made redundant as its administrator tries to minimise costs and find a buyer.