News

A new version of the Personalised Print Mark-up Language (PPML) has been launched by the Print on Demand Initiative (PODi).

ESMA (European Screen Printing Manufacturers Association) has launched a project to investigate standards for defining the colour and longevity of digitally produced graphics.

Xerox has vowed to make an amazing about-turn into profit after an investor service cut its credit rating.

Map Merchant Group has appointed two new directors at Premier Paper Group.

Buhrmann does not expect improvement in the paper sector before the end of this year, and has reported a 5m (8m) fall in earnings in its paper merchanting division for the first quarter.

TripleArc claims its maiden results show it is on course to reap the benefits from its JDF-compliant software in the coming year.

Label Converters, the Haverhill-based printer, has bolstered its four-year association with Tate & Lyle by producing 1.25m labels for the groups latest range of squeezy and pouring syrups.

Impact Litho has furnished the <i>Observer </i>with an Ikea fold-out poster as part of an eye-catching promotion.

Overall attendance for Ipex 2002 (Birmingham, 9-17 April) hit 65,431, just over 70% of the figure for the 1998 event.

Agfa has reported much-improved figures for the first quarter of 2002, as the benefits of its Horizon restructuring plan begin to come through.

Jefferson Smurfit, the Irish paper and packaging group, says it is in preliminary talks with a third party that may or may not lead to an offer being made for part or all of the company.

KBA has notched up another two sales of its 74 Karat B2 and the first UK sale of its 46 Karat direct imaging press.

Failed ITV Digital could drag a printer into liquidation and has forced another firm to shed staff.

AGI Media Packaging Europe is reviewing the balance of capacity between its Swindon plant and AGI Uden in Holland after major client EMI decided to shut its Swindon CD duplication facility.

RR Donnelley, the US print and communications group, suffered sales slumps in nearly all sectors of its business during the first quarter.