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Two other trade bodies have criticised the OFT proposals for magazine and newspaper distribution with one branding them as disastrous.

Talks on the future of ArjoWiggins Fort William are to continue, following a number of constructive meetings between Scottish Executive officials and management.

MAN Roland GB now offers 24-hour service support after extending it to include full breakdown cover at weekends.

KBA expects to make a loss for the first half of 2005, an extension of its first quarter loss previously described as a temporary glitch.

Better communication was highlighted as one of the key improvements buyers want from printers in the interim findings of Vision in Prints What makes a good printer? project.

Curtis Fine Papers has appointed Keith Chapman as managing director, replacing Alban Denton who resigned earlier this year.

Computershare Investor Services has installed two HP Indigo 3050 presses in a bid to bring colour personalised print production in-house.

Anacomp has signed a joint marketing agreement with Nipson UK.The information management and maintenance services provider will team up with the digital variable data print manufacturer.

Islington-based pre-media firm Fresh Media Group has formed a tie-up with New York pre-media and print group 291 Digital.

Quark and Enfocus have revealed plans to work together to improve PDF creation in QuarkXPress and to develop product bundles for certified PDF-based workflows.

Thermal is still the technology of choice in the global CTP market, according to the latest research, although in the UK it is a close run battle with violet.

According to packaging firm Print Design & Graphics(PDG) business has never been better since it recovered from a disastrous fire in May last year.

Exeter-based Short Run Press has become the first company to install a Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1050.

Risos sheetfed, full-colour ink-jet printer the HC5000 has won awards from two independent laboratories in the digital imaging sectors.

Scitex Vision has warned that UV ink prices will need to drop by up to half if printers are to justify investments in large-format UV printing kit.