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API has reported improved sales and profits in its core foils and laminate businesses but could be set to offload its loss-making metallised paper division.

Williams Lea has opened a 1.5m specialist document processing centre to handle all the incoming mail for its 140m Prudential account.

Hive Associates has produced the worlds first fully lenticular cover for a weekly magazine with a 3-D image of musician Peter Doherty for this weeks NME.

The BPIF has joined forces with the British Coatings Federation to help the BCF win funding for apprentice training.

Quark is to end charging for English-language technical support for QuarkXPress from next week.

Fresh Media Group is set to roll out online replicas of catalogues allowing you to turn pages and zoom in on sections.

Daily Mail & General Trust has completed its 135m five-year programme to upgrade Harmsworth Quays, the worlds biggest flexo newspaper plant.

Belgian electronics group Punch International has revealed plans to float its graphics divisions on London's Alternative Investment Market by next summer.

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

Agfa's Graphic Systems division reported a 5% increase in sales for the third quarter, and is optimistic that conditions will be buoyant for the rest of the year.

Wace in Swindon has been bought out of administration by Ringdark, an acquisition vehicle headed by ex-Communic8 general manager Geoff Hughes.

Cut, publisher H Bauers ill-fated foray into the mens weekly magazine sector, has closed after sales slumped to just 10,000.

TripleArc subsidiary Access Plus has won the contract to print manage all of Virgin Mobiles Point of Sale (PoS) material.

Kenmart (Printing Machinery) has been placed into voluntary liquidation although its two sister firms continue to trade.

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