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Restructure set to boost Oc

Oc is restructuring into two business units, Digital Document Systems and Wide Format.

Papyrus plans digital seminar

Paper merchant Papyrus is aiming its Digital Matters seminar at printers that have yet to explore the digital market, and will feature pre-Ipex presentations from Xerox, IBM and Indigo.

Polestar Greaves bindery may close

Polestar and the GPMU are set to start a 30-day consultation period about the future of the Polestar Greaves bindery after massive trading losses.

New show focuses on market for print

Print 4 Marketing, an exhibition aimed at end-users of print including corporate marketing departments and print buyers as well as printers is being launched in October.

PrintCafe receives 16m boost from Creo

Creo has invested 16.4m in PrintCafe as part of a 27.5m investment in the MIS and e-commerce firm.

Prontaprint gets ScanMaster

Prontaprint Grays Inn Road in London has become the first UK printer to install an AB Dick ScanMaster system.

Profit warning and job cuts at St Ives

St Ives has issued a profits warning and is ceasing web printing at its Direct plant in Leeds with the loss of 125 jobs after being hit by falling demand and pressure on prices.

Thames produces 200k Virgin cards

Thames Card Technology in Rayleigh has produced 200,000 cards for Virgin Student as part of an online and in-store promotion.

Action at West Ferry averted

Industrial action at West Ferry Printers has been averted after the firms management and the GPMU agreed on voluntary redundancies and future wage negotiations.

Xerox brushes off US lease criticism

Xerox has rejected the US Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) criticism of the way it accounts for lease transactions, as making no material difference.

Fuji unveils Ipex product line-up

Fuji will introduce its first violet-sensitive and no-process thermal CTP plates and add JDF compatibility to its workflow at Ipex.

Sales of KBA 74 Karat take-off in the UK

KBAs DI press the 74 Karat has finally taken off in the UK, with one installation and a further three orders

Augustus Martin preliminary hearing ends abruptly

Michaels Withingtons preliminary industrial tribunal hearing ended abruptly this week after the former Augustus Martin managing director agreed to waive the without prejudice privilege from a series...

St Ives profit warning and job cuts

St Ives has issued a profit warning and is ceasing web printing at its Direct plant in Leeds with the loss of 125 jobs after being hit by falling demand and pressure on prices

Creo invests 16m in PrintCafe

Creo has invested 16.4m ($23.6m) in PrintCafe as part of a 27.5m private placement of equity and debt.