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Printing.com is to double capacity at its Manchester production hub with a 1.8m investment in Europes first Komori perfecting press with a double-sided coater.

Print is to form part of a government review looking into the role of design in UK business.

Ink manufacturer Xsys Print Solutions has joined the white ink revolution with the launch of Flexocure Ivory, an opaque white ink aimed at the packaging sector.

IIR is to review the format of newspaper show Newstec after attendance for this years show dropped by 20% compared to the 2003 event.

Four engineering firms have joined forces and are about to launch Presstige, a press conveyancing service that could save printers tens of thousands of pounds on used Heidelberg presses.

Two men have been charged with theft and firearms offences, following the recovery of two copies of the latest Harry Potter novel.

Shares in Communisis fell to a 52-week low of 100p last week.

Sales at Pindar have topped 100m for the first time in the companys history.

UK printers and publishers have been forced to switch to alternative sources and paper stocks as supplies from Finnish paper mills run out.

More than 40 major authors, including Tony Benn, have signed up to a Greenpeace campaign to force book publishers to use ancient-forest-friendly papers.

Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP) has moved into its new European headquarters, enhanced its technical links with Japan and boosted its service offering in the UK.

Vision in Print has delivered 2m of added value profit improvement to the print firms that have used its services over the past two years.

Montreal-based Escher-Grad Technologies has claimed it is a victim of slanderous and libellous web fraud.

TJ International, the Padstow-based book printer, has been named as one of 15 winners of this years Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) awards.

Komori is boasting impressive financial results driven by strong demand for its presses, particularly the B1 Lithrone LS40, B2 Spica 429 and the System 38 web.