News

A five-year, 7.3m project to scan all local British newspapers produced between 1700 and 1950 onto almost indestructible microfilm has been completed.

MPG Books has bought a host of Agfa pre-press kit in a 600,000 investment at its site in Bodmin, Cornwall.

Administrators for Parkside Flexibles are hopeful of saving the 200 jobs at the Normanton plant.

Polestar has expanded its contract with IPC Media with a 3.5m run for new womens weekly launch <i>Pick Me Up</i>, in what will be the UKs biggest-ever magazine sampling campaign.

Map Merchants is making 55 redundancies as part of its merger of Modo Merchants with James McNaughton resulting in a one-off cost of 4.2m (E6m).

Quebecor World has won a New Year fillip with the launch of London recruitment weekly <i>Metro Plus</i>.

TJ International has completed its pressroom move to JDF with the installation of i-tebas Solprint MIS on all four Heidelberg Speedmaster presses.

Two Yorkshire-based packaging firms have merged in a bid to create a comprehensive supplier.

Suffolk book printer Clowes is planning to invest up to 2.5m in finishing and pressroom kit in 2005, according to managing director Ian Foyster.

Bezier has produced a raft of in-store Point of Sale (PoS) material for retail giant Boots.

Inca Digital Printers has more than trebled its profits in 2003/4, and increased turnover by almost 3m.

Optimus has reported an upturn in sales of its accounting software during the last six weeks of 2004.

Printers involved in MetalFXs design agency drive (DAD) scheme have been pleased with the response theyve received.

Big Display has become the first UK company to invest in an Oc Arizona 600 wide-format printer.

Print Yorkshire is to promote the business case for better environmental management at two free seminars this month.