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McCorquodale Confidential Print (MCP) is up for sale and subsidiary Fencourt Printers has suspended trading and gone into administration.

Sappi has unveiled a new grade of coated paper designed for high-quality long-press production.

West Ferry production director Brett Lawrence has quit the company after 19 years to run the new Newsfax/Guardian print plant.

Xerox has shown a raft of developments at the On Demand show in Philadelphia this week including a new DocuColor.

Despite a massive 40.3% jump in sheetfed press orders to 168m (euro 244m) and its Radebeul factory working flat out to meet demand for large-format machines KBA made a loss in the first quarter of...

Creo has launched Prinergy version 3, which it claims is the most significant upgrade for the PDF-based workflow to date.

Retail print specialist bezier is up for sale with reports that it could go for 100m.

Nyland Graphics has doubled the number of folders in its stock after opening a new showroom.

Finlands paper workers are on strike, closing 40 paper and 14 board mills in the country, and the strike could spread to Sweden, increasing the potential for supply problems in the UK.

Xants innovative sub-10,000 metal platesetter got its UK launch this week by distributor Info-Tec.

Wapping has been named as Newspaper Printer of the Year at The Newspaper Awards 2005 for its virtually fault free production of <i>The Times</i>.

Lloyds TSB has handed a contract to Adare Halcyon to print its welcome packs for new customers.

Precision Colour Print (PCP) has scooped a contract to produce a new car magazine for Porsche owners and enthusiasts.

Two new packaging designs have been printed for Burtons Foods first extension of its Jammie Dodgers biscuits brand.

Forscot, the company behind the 1bn integrated forest industry project in Scotland, has appointed Environ UK to carry out a full environmental impact assessment of the plans.