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Sakurai sells new presses to the UK market
Sakurai has sold two of its new Oliver 466 SIP offset presses in Britain and Ireland and is looking to sell a third under a special offer
Ex-ICSM pair start UK print database
Former ICSM partners Steve Mepham and David Whitaker have launched National Print Database, a new information company for the printing industry
Fire at Midlands Screenprinters
Nearly 50 fire fighters battled to douse flames at the factory of a leading Leicester print firm this week
De La Rue eyes Polaroid bid
Security printer De La Rue may bid for a part of debt-mired Polaroid, which specialises in identity cards
Inveresk cuts jobs as losses increase
Inveresk is cutting 150 jobs, or 18% of its workforce, as part of a major cost-reduction programme
Screen offers fast production
Screen aims to outperform rivals in large-format film production by launching an imagesetter that exposes 20 eight-up films an hour
Printing.com selects Komori
Komoris colour control and quality of automation have won it a two-press order from internet and high street print shop Printing.com
St Ives moves forward with CTP plans in web arm
St Ives is pressing ahead with the introduction of CTP within its web division, and installed a system at Andover earlier this month
First UK Prosetter tested at Larkfield
A west Yorkshire firms pre-press set-up is the first in the UK to install Heidelbergs violet light CTP system, the Prosetter 102, with Meta-Dimension 2.5 RIP
Artwork profits hit by weak UK and US sectors
Artwork Systems has said strong European growth in the third quarter was offset by the weak UK and North American markets
Jo Simons takes helm at MCSi
Former Silicon Imaging owner Jo Simons has taken over the helm at MCSi following the retirement of UK managing director Keven Cooke
Barco drops GOP and recruits CT+line as UK agent
Barco aims to step up sales of its B1 and B2 CTP systems after making CT+line its UK agent
Heidelberg PDF solution set for Chicago launch
Heidelberg is to unveil a new version of its software to help users create individual PDF workflow to their specific needs, at Chicagos Print 01
Agfa confident in UK despite US drop
Agfa is bullish about its prospects in the UK, despite the US slump that has lopped its return on turnover from 10% last year to 6.4% for the first six months of the year
4Sight enables file delivery for every platform
Workflow firm 4Sight has launched two versions of software boasting seamless working across all platforms