News

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has released its annual review of 2004 and reported that 2005 is set to be a year of significant change.

Tillhill Forestry has been awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise, International Trade 2005.

Edward Thompson has installed a Mailcrafter 9800 in its direct mail division to handle a 4m mailing project for Children with Leukaemia charity.

Quickprinter Kopyrite has installed an MB CAS 38 computerised folder to bring its folding and scoring back in-house following its move into four-colour litho last year.

Qualitech has bought the Stitchmaster ST 350 saddle-stitcher that was on Heidelbergs stand at Northprint last week.

London-based Edwin Buckley & Co has installed a Xerox DocuColor 8000 in a deal worth 250,000.

Marketing agency WWAV Rapp Collins North has bought image personalisation software DirecType from reseller Consultaprint.

US packaging group Crown Holdings and ink-jet specialist Jetrion have produced what is believed to be the worlds first digital ink-jet-printed can.

Henry Ling is targeting customised academic print after becoming the first UK printer to install a second Kodak Digimaster E150.

Xerox is understood to be on the verge of launching an entry-level 50ppm colour production press as part of a raft of new products next month.

Exhibitors pronounced themselves pleased as punch with this years Northprint.

The BPIF unveiled its Print TechnologyWarehouse.com service last week, offering considerable technical knowledge online.

The processless plates battle heated up at Northprint last week, with Creo demonstrating its Clarus PL plate in public for the first time in the world.

Esko-Graphics has launched inline UV main exposure for digital flexo platesetting.

Hackney-based printer Emeness has set up a new division, totalPIX, to digitally produce consumer photo products.