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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