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Avia Invest Leasings deal to save specialist security printer Aero-Print looks to be on the verge of collapse, with offers now being tendered for the Aylesbury firms equipment (<I>PrintWeek</I>, 27...

The GPMU has taken the government to task over the state of UK employment relations, citing lack of support from Whitehall as one of the main reasons for the printing industrys troubles.

Security printer Scientific Games is to move the 60 staff from its Bradford plant to its Leeds base, following the closure of operations in Bradford.

Agfa launched an automatic B2 platesetter at Print 01 based on the Screen FlatRite.

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert is poised to redeploy some of the firms management resources and change the divisional structure of the company.

Xeikon launched a new high-speed mono printer at Print 01 and announced that its colour sheetfed machine, the CSP 320 D, was now back on track.

Polestar will hold a supplier summit in London at the end of the month.

Xerox director and general manager for the UK graphic arts sector, Alistair Summers, is to leave the firm at the end of the month after 27 years of service.

Sdra Cell is embarking on a production programme at its Tofte pulp mill in Norway, and is also undertaking a logistics structure study to improve the transportation of pulp into the UK.

Stora Enso is continuing talks with several interested parties over the sale of assets from its Newton Kyme mill in North Yorkshire

Leicester-based Graphic Inline is set to spread some seasonal cheer this year with a discount Christmas card package.

Jarvis Porter Labels has been selected to produce the self-adhesive labels for Sainsburys new Taste the Difference range of cordials by supplier Bottle Green Drinks of Stroud.

Access Plus has reported a 26% rise in interim turnover to 14.8m and has picked up a lucrative two-year contract with fashion retailer Next.

Mondi Packaging UK has bought the packaging and paper assets of Danisco Pack UK, including two waste-based paper mills, for 64m.

British Polythene Industries (BPI) will co-operate fully with the European Commission investigation into price fixing in the polythene industry that has overshadowed its interim results.