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EFI posts pre-tax loss despite strong revenue growth
EFI has recorded a pre-tax loss of $9.7m (6.4m) in its first-quarter results, despite increases in revenue across two of the manufacturer's three business segments.

St Ives fills senior roles at SP Group
St Ives' point-of-sale (POS) and point-of-purchase (POP) division SP Group has plugged the gaps left in its senior management team with the appointment of a new managing director and sales director,...
ImageData adds filtration units to litho presses
Commercial printer ImageData Group has installed additional beta.f filtration systems from Technotrans in order to reduce press downtime.

Northern and Shell announces 100m press investment
Newspaper publisher Northern and Shell has announced a 100m investment in newspaper printing equipment, via its own publication The Daily Express.

William Sessions' label division bought by Paragon Print and Packaging
Label and packaging giant Paragon Print and Packaging (PPP) has moved into non-food packaging after purchasing the assets of the label division of William Sessions.
Reader Reaction: What hybrid piece of kit would you like to see invented?
After Heidelberg's CX 102 and Komori's Enthrone, we ask what you'd like merged to create new kit

Unite investigates staff contracts at G&H Web Offset over two-week lay off
Unite is to investigate the contracts of members at G&H Web Offset in Liverpool after all staff were sent home and told to return to work in two weeks.

Megasetter gives a minor headache
Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles
Ricoh rolls out print run for Virgin London Marathon
Ricoh has ensured that participants and attendees of last weekend's London Marathon were kept up to speed with each race result by printing and distributing collateral throughout the event.

CN Newsprint in world first with Kodak Prosper S10 purchase
CN Newsprint has purchased the world's first Kodak Prosper S10 Imprinting System for use in a newspaper production environment.
PPG acquires Birmingham rival Edward Fox & Sons
B2 and digital printer Pinstripe Print Group (PPG) has acquired local rival Edward Fox & Sons (EF&S), creating a 4.5m-turnover business.

Dominion begins 500k spend with Agfa Jeti 3348
Dominion Screen & Digital Print has undertaken a 500,000 investment programme that includes the installation of an Agfa Jeti 3348 UV Jetspeed.

Fox's Avatar POS work taken on by Bezier
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has appointed Bezier to produce point-of-sale (POS) work for its mammoth Blu-ray and DVD launch of the 3D blockbuster Avatar.
Euro RSCG opts for Vio Adgate
Global ad agency Euro RSCG has automated its print ad delivery by using Vio Worldwide's latest workflow tool, Adgate.

Financially troubled UK companies 'owe more than 55bn'
UK companies at risk of failure owe more than 55bn, according to the latest statistics from insolvency practitioner Begbies Traynor.