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GNE sold to MBO team
Adare has sold envelope division Great Northern Envelopes (GNE) to a management buyout team.
PrintIT! gains further boost
PrintIT!, the initiative to attract youngsters to the print sector, has received a 20,000 cash boost from two industry suppliers.
Xeikon owner Punch completes AIM float
Punch Graphix, the newly floated firm that consists of digital press firm Xeikon and CTP manufacturers Strobbe and basysPrint, made a 13% gain when its shares began trading on the Alternative...
Vertis Leicester mothballs web and lays off staff
Vertis has made redundancies at its Leicester division citing market forces.
Johnston gets green light for Portsmouth plans
Johnston Press has gained planning permission for the 45m extension to its News Centre print plant in Portsmouth.
St Ives prints Intelligent Life
St Ives has won a contract to print a sister title of <i>The Economist </i> which is aiming to expand after its first year.
M-real scoops Finnish award
A team from Finnish paper producer M-real has been awarded the 2005 Finnish Engineering Award.
Service wraps up Gatwick bridge job
Service Graphics has completed work on 2,500m<sup>2</sup> of graphics for Gatwick Airports new passenger bridge.
Etrinsic renews Victoria deal
Etrinsic has renewed its print management contract with friendly society Liverpool Victoria.
BGP bindery gains Muller gong
BGPs (benhamgoodheadprint) bindery staff have been awarded one of Muller Martinis Swiss Cowbells.
CEPI matrix eases schemes muddle
The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has urged paper firms, merchants and printers who are confused over certification to refer to its online matrix for guidance.
Morgana begins work on HQ
Morgana has turned the first sod on its new 4m Milton Keynes headquarters development.
Xerox notches bumper sales of quicker iGen
Xerox UK sold more of its flagship iGen3 production colour presses in the first quarter of 2005 than it did in the previous two years.
New firm is first to take Xeikons 330
Xeikon has sold the UKs first 330 digital press to a new-launch firm targeting football clubs, schools and other printers.
JDF Connector links EFIs Fiery with Adobe CS
EFI has developed a JDF link from Adobe Creative Suite to its Fiery digital print servers and MIS.