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MAN to offer UniSensor alcohol measuring

MAN Roland GB hopes to help printers become more environmentally conscious, improve quality and reduce costs after signing an agreement with German manufacturer UniSensor to supply and promote its...

Hollinger problems alert Desmond

Northern & Shell chairman Richard Desmond is keeping a keen eye out for any signs that the Telegraph Groups parent, Hollinger, may be forced to sell assets.

Xerox makes offer to retired staff

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

MetalFX wins innovation award

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

Fuji adds to "open" Rampage

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.

Optimistic KBA reports order growth

KBA is confident about its prospects for next year after reporting its first double-digit increase in orders in two and a half years.

Global Graphics in JDF move

Global Graphics has announced its first JDF-compliant products, which it will show at Drupa, and has also joined the Networked Graphic Production initiative.

Agfa sales and profits fall

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

Perivan Group in administration

Perivan Group, which trades as Perivan White Dove, has gone into administration following difficulties in recovering from a 2.4m deficit in its final salary pension scheme.

Bright spots, but big losses, for Heidelberg and MAN Roland

Heidelberg and MAN Roland suggest in their latest results that the industrys prospects are improving, but the bottom line is that both have reported huge losses in the periods under review.

BIG bought by Brady

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.

Donnelley number one following buy

RR Donnelley will overtake Quebecor World as the worlds largest commercial print group after agreeing a 1.6bn ($2.8bn) stock-based acquisition of Canadian commercial printer Moore Wallace.

Howitt Offshore MBO still on while trade rumours denied

The management buyout team at Howitt Offshore in Guernsey hope the deal, announced in August, will be completed within the next couple of days.

Clifford joins Orchestra as South East region MD

Security printer Orchestra has recruited Marcus Clifford as its regional managing director for the South East.

Findings show decline in print failures for Q2

Company failures in the industry have fallen, according to the latest insolvency statistics from the DTI.