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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.

Wyndeham has implemented a management restructure in order to create single teams for its main business areas.

Prinovis, the recently merged German gravure giant, has begun construction work on its 115m superplant in Liverpool.

CGI Group has pushed its turnover up to 26m after buying fellow Docklands firm 3D Digital for an undisclosed sum.

EFI has completed its takeover of Vutek this week, a month ahead of schedule.

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

Retail print specialist bezier has won a contract to produce and implement the adverts on Asdas 65,000 supermarket trolleys across its 270 UK stores.

Gillette has handed a European print management contract to Communisis worth around 3.4m (Euro5m).