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Funk talks about saving cash

Consultancy expert Clint Funk is set to show UK print buyers how to save money

HP launches new proofing range

Hewlett-Packard is set to stir up the proofing market with its new family of two-page proofers.

Baird's Bailie among anti-euro

Ex-BPIF president and W&G Baird chairman Roy Bailie is among the 700 business leaders actively opposing Britain joining the Euro.

SLS Graphic placed into administration

Directors of SLS Graphic Supplies have placed the business into administration with Moore Stephens Booth White to protect it from creditors

Xerox set to fight Heidelberg Digital

Xerox and Heidelbergs war of words over their digital colour presses has made it into the pages of <i>The Wall Street Journal </i>.

Mead confirms stock merger with Westvaco

Mead and Westvaco are the latest groups to contribute to paper industry consolidation, after agreeing to a 2bn ($3bn) stock-swap merger

Former Merlin FD is charged with theft

The former finance director of Merlin Colour Printers will appear in court next week to answer nine charges of theft and false accounting

Photobition's debt relief deal agreed

Photobitions bankers and loan note holders have agreed a short-term financing deal following the firms admission that it may have breached some of its banking covenants earlier this year

Pdf Solutions offers transfer

Pdf Solutions new file transfer software package, Relay, can compete with managed file transfer services such as WAM!NET and Vio but without file transmission charges, according to founder Stuart...

Scitex ink-jet in wider formats

Scitex Vision has announced the XLjet range of ultra-wide-format ink-jet printers

KBA appoints new sales executive

KBA UK has appointed former Mitsubishi sales executive Adrian Matthews to oversee its sheetfed press sales in the North of England

Xerox chief predicts return to profitability at AGM

Xerox president and chief executive Anne Mulcahy told shareholders at its AGM that the firm was well on its way to turning around its fortunes

Pira sees rise in flexible market over five years

Pira is confidently predicting a dramatic increase in the market for flexible packaging over the next five years

Communisis cross selling ups profits

Cross selling of products has helped Communisis beat expectations and record a 69% rise in turnover for the first half of the year

Smurfit aims to control volatile product prices

Jefferson Smurfit Group aims to reduce its product price volatility with higher lows and lower highs and said early indications were positive