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Birmingham-based firm Advanced Direct Mail is set to move to a bigger factory and expand its services in the first quarter of 2005.

Digital print firm Image Data Group (IDG) has installed Tharstern MIS across its two Yorkshire manufacturing sites.

Two AlphaGraphics franchises have invested in Xerox digital colour presses, in a bid to expand capacity and improve productivity.

Reproflex 3 has become the first UK packaging firm to install Creos Veris digital proofing system.

Bournemouth-based ACH is installing a Heidelberg Topsetter 74 CTP system as part of a move to achieve a cleaner working environment.

A unique software launch is bringing realistic visual effects like the shimmer of lamination or the reflective gloss of metallised images on to the computer screens of printers and designers.

Leicester repro house Ward Imaging has invested in a raft of proofing kit from KPG.

Afgas Graphic Systems division has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in sales for the third quarter and is positive that results will continue to improve.

Fujifilm Graphic Systems has put together a range of kit boasting pin-sharp accuracy for CMYK proofing.

Highland Printers has invested 50,000 in a 20-user management information system (MIS) from Shuttleworth Business Systems.

Creo revealed its plans for a European plate factory as it reported its 2004 Q4 and full year results.

UPM is confident that its planned substantial price increases will hold firm and boost earnings after three years of decline.

Amicus and MAN Roland have signed the first formal collective agreement between the union and a printing press manufacturer.

Guardian Media Group (GMG) is to move production of regional titles out of Trafford Park in a joint 45m investment that will make way for its new Berliner-sized presses.

A project that could result in the development of a number of paper and packaging initiatives, including a new pulp mill, is currently being discussed in Scotland.