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Speciality papermaker James Cropper has posted improved end of year results with pre-tax profits rocketing up by 126%.

Siegwerk Group has signed a deal to buy the packaging ink division of Sicpa Holding for 130m (200m).

Ocs Digital Newspaper Network (DNN) has scooped its biggest customer yet with the start of digital production of <i>The New York Times</i> in London.

Amicus is to hold talks with union representatives at Finnish-owned paper companies in the UK, over industrial action in support of Finnish paper workers.

Support for the Finnish Paperworkers Union is spreading, with workers at Finnish-owned mills in the US and Canada involved in demonstrations.

Representatives from the Scottish Executive and Scottish Development Agencies are to meet with management of ArjoWiggins to discuss the possible closure of its Fort William plant.

A fledgling German firm has launched a new platesetter to give B2 and B3 printers a foothold in metal CTP.

The Guardian is to complete its 62m switch to the mid-size Berliner format this autumn, with The Observer to follow in the New Year, its publisher has confirmed.

IBM is introducing three new machines headed by the Infoprint 6700 R40, a radio-frequency identification printer.

Is this the industry wedding of the year? Mark Nixon and Maria Machera pucker up for a Greek Orthodox wedding on the island of Hydra before enjoying a clifftop reception overlooking the Aegean Sea.

Polestar has revealed plans to close its loss-making Purnell gravure plant in Paulton, near Bristol, ending more than 160 years of printing at the firm with the loss of more than 400 jobs.

Easdale Labels in Leeds has formed the umbrella name Reflex Labels for itself and its sister firms, as part of a tidying-up exercise.

Hull-based Harlands Labels has been bought by the Clondalkin Group to support its growth plans in the UK and Europe.

Xerox has no reason to be concerned by Kodaks acquisition of Creo, according to European president Armando Zagalo De Lima.

Global Graphics has updated its Jaws RIP to improve portability, flexibility and reliability.