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High-speed black and white digital press manufacturer Nipson has moved into the black with a modest profit on the back of a strong rise in equipment sales.

Heidelberg is in talks with MB over selling OEMd versions of the firms folders.

Friary Press has taken delivery of the UKs first two Stahl folders to feature a shorter, faster link between the second and third fold units.

TNT Mail UK has won a contract from Lloyds TSB to handle 100m items of mail.

Enfocus founder Peter Camps and the firms recent chief executive David van Driessche have returned to the industry with a new venture Gradual Software.

Encore Machinery has added saddlestitching and perfect binding to the range of post-press kit it carries.

Precision Colour Printing is gearing up for its push into the commercial sector with a raft of new investments to complement its new 10-unit Rotoman web.

Positive Focus has launched a new version of its variable-data printing software targeted at finance, travel and other sectors.

Konica Minolta is the second new firm to sign an agreement with Creo for its colour digital printing workflow.

Upex hosted an event last week to drum up support for Nigel Macknights attempt on the World Water Speed Record.

Fujifilm Graphic Systems has packed new proofing features into its Fuji Open Workflow system.

Quark will launch what it claims is the biggest upgrade ever for its desktop publishing application QuarkXPress when version 7 ships later this year.

Charta Holdings has bought Abbey Green Printers, the print operation of Alexandra (Services), extending the trade finishing groups services into print.

CIP4 held a meeting this week at Agfas Mortsel, Belgium headquarters to fine-tune the specifications of version 1.3 of JDF.

Book distributor NBN International has unveiled details of the digital print-on-demand service it will run with the US book and magazine printer Edwards Brothers.