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MAN takes Studio One into the digital age

London repro house Studio One Origination has made its first venture into digital print with a MAN Roland DICOpress 500

NCS wins business worth over 500k

The NCS Group has tied up four contracts for Xerox DocuColor 2000 series digital presses in deals totalling more than 500,000

NUR extends product ranges

NUR Macroprinters has launched the Salsa Ultima Series of wide-format printers and a new wider format model, the NUR Fresco 3200

Carrs managing director quits

Carrs Paper managing director Dr Michael Bond has left the company to "pursue his numerous outside interests"

Heidelberg sells 1,500th Quickmaster to Parallel

Heidelberg has sold its 1,500th Quickmaster DI press to Guernsey-based Parallel Print Services, a new digital start-up that aims to be "the biggest print-on-demand company in the UK and Channel...

APP woes continue as S&P cuts rating

Asia Pulp & Papers (APP) credit rating has been lowered once again, and the company now faces global debt restructuring following the failure of its Chinese operation to meet bond interest payments

No more umlauts as M-real is born

Mets-Serla is changing its name to M-real, effectively uniting the operations of Mets-Serla, MoDo Paper, Biberist and UK Paper

WWF calls for responsible forest management

The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called on the biggest wood processing groups to sign up for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification

Wyndeham's deal with C&B revealed

C&B Communications is the publisher behind Wyndehams 27m magazines-a-year contract win.

"The Don's" career with GUS cut short

Eric Gilbertsons career at Great Universal Stores is over

Howitts plans to consolidate operations

Howitts has confirmed that it will move its operations to a single site later this year

Polestar job for Redwood's Gee

Former Redwood Books general manager Trevor Gee will join Polestar in the newly created role of Watmoughs manufacturing director on Monday (19 March)

APP advised to halt interest payment on its debts

Debt ridden Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has stopped payment of interest and principal on its debt and the debt of its units on the advice of financial advisor Credit Suisse First Boston

Litho Supplies upbeat despite 10% sales decrease

Litho Supplies is "very bullish" about its future despite suffering a 10% drop in sales for the year 2000

Burrups shifts to 100% CTP as Galileo kicks in

Woolwich-based financial printer Burrups, part of St Ives, has gone 100% CTP after installing its eight-up Agfa Galileo S CTP system earlier this year