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KBA has released its Q3 results, which show the press manufacturer is back in the black for the first time in two years, with a pre-tax profit for Q3 of 6.2m (Eu8.8m).

Butler and Tanner is to consolidate its digital print operations at its main production site in Frome.

Trader Media Group (TMG) has revealed a 9m investment in finishing kit and a third MAN Roland Uniset press for its Apple Web Offset print site.

Heidelberg believes that a recent increase in UK orders for long perfecting Speedmaster 74s is proof of a trend towards what it terms industrial print moving from B1 into B2 and even the B3 market.

The Tall Group has bought the customer base of George Waterston Security Printers (GWSP) from liquidator KPMG.

Speciality papermaker James Cropper has been boosted by its interim results, which show an increase in turnover and pre-tax profits.

Delta Packaging has spent 1.6m on its Chinese joint-venture company Huabei Delta Print and Packaging three months after winning Nokia as a client.

Wyndehams efficiency drive and focus on cross-selling its group offering is paying off and the firm has posted improved half-year results.

TJ International has reduced alcohol use on its presses from 10.5% to 3% after a year-long project. Our focus was on environmental issues and drying times at first, said TJ Internationals...

The Karran Group has been shut down with 46 redundancies after attempts to sell the business as a going concern failed.

Bell & Bain has moved into full-colour large-format with a 1.5m investment in the UKs first Rapida 142.

Productivity in UK Print plc has overtaken competition in Europe in magazine and book printing, according to the latest research from Vision in Print (ViP).

Companies in sectors including travel and retail believe that personalisation in direct mail will increase responses by 33.4%, according to research from Lloyd James.

Ipex 2006 could be the biggest in the shows history, in terms of floorspace, according to organiser IIR.

BAS Printers won the Best Book UK Printed and Bound category at last weeks British Book Design & Production Awards.