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Opus will not buy CGNU inplant

Opus Trust will not go ahead with the purchase of CGNUs Basildon print inplant

Wyndeham sales up, profit is down

Wyndeham has announced a major monthly magazine contract win as it released its preliminary results for the year to 31 March

Duncan kit is to be sold to raise funds

Grafitec has been enlisted to sell Duncan Web Offsets presses, and has already had 20 enquiries about its 48pp MAN Roland Lithoman IV

Light Brigade to take delivery of digital Eagle 44

Chertsey-based graphic specialist Light Brigade has ordered an Inca Digital Eagle 44 flatbed wide-format digital printer

Site helps spot counterfeits

Worldwide Security Exchange has launched a website as a global resource for counterfeit detection and brand protection

Greenaways moves to new purpose-built City site

Greenaways has moved into new purpose-built premises based close to Tower Bridge, which will accommodate its dedicated corporate finance and digital businesses

Publishers limber up for waste laws

Magazine publishers are joining forces to pre-empt any legislation that could be enforced for recovering paper waste if the EU decides to apply the principles outlined in the Packaging Waste...

Associations move to form print umbrella body

Picon and the BAPC are to meet with the BPIF to explore the formation of a new umbrella body to "promote and represent the printing industry to the world at large"

Waddies in talks to trial Xerox DI presses

Waddies has had discussions with Xerox about taking its next-generation DI presses and FutureColor on trial when they are ready

PrintPotato eyes non-print buy

PrintPotato.coms share price doubled from 0.75p to 1.5p after the company announced that it was in advanced discussions to acquire another business

Insolvency practitioner called in at CD and DVD specialist Traxdata

An insolvency practitioner has been appointed to South Wales-based CD printing and fulfilment specialist Traxdata Wales

Ex-CEO Brown is blamed for Polestar's downturn

Operating margins fall below 10% and group lays blame for failure to implement its efficiency improvements squarely at the feet of former chief executive Jim Brown. "If the change programmes had been...

Karat 74 Israeli staff to join CreoScitex

Karat Digital Press has closed its Israeli operations and transferred all the staff to CreoScitex, which will provide the imaging systems and software for the 74 Karat DI press

Failures hit men's mag sector

The mens lifestyle magazine sector has been hit by the closures of <i>Sky</i> and <i>Later</i> as a result of poor circulation figures

Planet Repro buyer revealed

The buyer of Planet Repros assets and goodwill has been revealed as a new firm set up by the firms previous joint managing directors