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Half-year profits fall at Litho Supplies
Litho Supplies described the industry as being in a difficult state as the group revealed interim pre-tax profits down almost 44% to 1.3m.
Landa sells Indigo to HP at Print 01
On the first day of Print 01 Indigo founder Benny Landa announced that less than an hour before the firm's press conference he had signed a deal to sell out to Hewlett-Packard
Xerox gives sneak preiview of iGen3 at Print 01
Xerox is showing its third generation digital colour press the iGen3 at the Chicago show ahead of its formal launch at Ipex next April
Finchmark goes into administrative receivership
Stockport-based direct mail house Finchmark has been placed in administrative receivership with the loss of 40 jobs
Barco Graphics and Purup-Eskofot to merge
European pre-press vendors consolidate with tie-up between Barco and Purup-Eskofot
Heidelberg chief Schreier predicts digital showdown
Heidelberg chairman and CEO Bernhard Schreier predicted that the showdown of [Print 01] will be digital on the eve of the worlds largest print trade show this year.
Heidelberg teams with RealTimeImage for proofing
Heidelberg chairman and CEO Bernhard Schreier has put his signature to a joint development and distribution partnership with RealTimeImage at Print 01.
Inglis Allen management buys out firm
Kirkcaldy-based commercial printer Inglis Allen (Scotland) has been bought by its management team after the firm was put into receivership on 21 August
Goss shuts US unit as recession bites
Goss Graphic Systems has ceased production of newspaper presses in the US for the first time in its history as the North American recession bites further chunks out of its order book
GPMU to set out Europe plans at TUC conference
The GPMU will draw attention to three key industry concerns at the TUCs annual conference in Brighton next week
Bass signs up seven
Bass Brewers has awarded a three-year pre-press contract to digital imaging firm Seven Worldwide
Union condemns Amazon for
The GPMU has condemned what it has described as smear tactics used by Amazon.co.uk in Bedford ahead of a ballot on union recognition next week
Bezier Poole adds fulfilment service
Bezier is investing in a new fulfilment and mailing centre for its Poole Corporate Print operation as it expands its beyond print strategy
Ovenden near to buying CSM
The assets of the four CSM companies in administration with RSM Robson Rhodes are on the brink of being sold to sister company Ovenden Colbert
Polestar jitters sees stock rise
Uncertainty over Polestars financial situation benefited both St Ives and Wyndeham last week, as the City marked up their shares