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Southdown Print Finishers has increased its folding productivity by 40% since installing an MB CAS 38 folder at its Eastbourne plant.

Charterhouse has won a rolling print management contract with golf equipment manufacturer Callaway Golf, in a deal worth several million pounds.

A website to help paper buyers, specifiers and printers select the right paper for a job launches next week.

BDL Print Group has secured a two year contract with First Choice Holidays, worth between 1m and 2m per year, to manage its print and related services.

Trinity Mirror has revealed its roadmap to full-colour printing, with an 83m investment to take its five national titles full-colour by the start of 2008.

Emap is getting down to the nitty-gritty of its print review, with the outcome likely to be made public in September.

Former Vertis sales director Craig Prince has created a 5m-turnover direct marketing group after adding a second firm to his acquisitive start-up Arcnor.

By Augustus Martin has captured the magic of the silver screen with the launch of an opalescent bus side for summer blockbuster Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Newly formed ink giant Xsys Print Solutions has bought Flint Ink to create the worlds second biggest ink manufacturer and confirm one of the industrys most persistent rumours.

Heidelberg has confirmed industry rumours that its new generation platesetter, the Suprasetter, had problems with its laser diodes but claims that these have now been resolved.

David Wong, one of the founders of TripleArc, has stepped down as non-executive director.

Vio has linked up with Finnish firm Flowman to launch a page delivery workflow for newspapers that eliminates transfers of faulty files and dramatically cuts labour costs.

Service Graphics has reported above budget half-year figures, with a clutch of large contract wins, and plans to continue its strategy of alliances and acquisitions.

The directors of Newcastle-based litho and digital printing firm Batwatch have bought the business and assets of the firm from its administrator.

Academic book and journal printers Arrowsmith and Cromwell Press have formed what the firms believe to be the UKs first print co-operative.