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Agfa has joined forces with the Digital Academy to offer training for Agfa customers in digital pre-press

Version 1.5 of the personalised page mark-up language (PPML) has been released by the Print on Demand Initiative (PODi)

Taskforce (Finishing and Handling), based in Edinburgh, has installed the UKs first Muller Martini AmigoPlus perfect binder, in a bid to enter the niche-finishing arena

St Ives Graphic Media, part of St Ives Direct, has signed up for RealTimeProof.com, the online proofing service from RealTimeImage

The long-delayed annual shareholder meeting of Willamette has been held, with neither Willamette nor Weyerhaeuser being in a position to proclaim victory

The womens magazine market has been hit by the closure of two more titles, Dennis Publishings <i>PS</i> and John Brown Publishings glossy magazine, <i>Bare</i>

Flint Ink Europe has signed a five-year joint agreement with West Ferry and Trafford Park Printers to become their sole ink supplier

The Latvian government has made a surprise decision to provide its equity investment in the Baltic Pulp Mill project in cash, rather than cutting permits from its forests

Map Merchant Group is to be the new name for the paper merchanting operations formerly known as New Merchanting Force (NMF); the new company headquarters will be located in Surbiton, Surrey

UPM-Kymmene and Sappi Fine Paper North America have both announced plans to cut coated paper prod-uction by around 66,000 tonnes from June through to September

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has issued a strong response to objectives by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to increase the use of recycled paper by 50%

Danka Business Systems has reached an initial agreement with its banks for a new re-financing plan after it announced losses for the year to March 2001

Jarrold Printing has won a further two-year contract for the production of the Maplin Electronics annual catalogue

The assets of Traxdata Wales have been bought out of receivership by a management team, less than a week after the company had an insolvency practitioner appointed

London-based design and print co-operative Calverts has slashed its pre-press turnaround times after moving to CTP