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Polestar has been handed the pre-press area of its Sheffield superplant from development partner Gazeley and will begin installing equipment next week.

Williams Lea has acquired US-based Bowne Business Solutions (BBS), its long-term joint venture partner, in a 100m ($180m) deal.

A liquidator has been appointed to White Productions following its winding-up by Perivan Group administrator, Begbies Traynor.

The BPIF has slammed a full-page article published in The Guardian which claimed that UK Print plc was in terminal decline.

News International (NI), the owner of Wapping, is planning to build a print plant on a 40-acre, 21m site on a business park in Hertfordshire.

Polestar has allocated 10m from its True North investment programme to a new finishing and mailing facility at Polestar Chantry in Wakefield.

Tullis Russells Cypher paper was used for the national launch of The Big Draw 2004 campaign, held in London on 26 September.

Compilation of the industrys biggest survey of business performance, the PrintWeek Top 500, is underway.

Sappi Nash Mill has achieved Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) accreditation, as part of Sappis commitment to the environment.

Abbott Holdings has registered a debenture against the assets of Buzwell Group, effectively declaring itself as a preferential creditor of the troubled group.

Warners Midlands is to build an additional 4,000m2 factory, next to its Manor Lane site in Bourne, Lincolnshire, which will house two new web presses and perfect binding lines.

NexPress has signed up Kodak Polychrome Graphics to sell its product range worldwide.

Edale has expanded its business further with the opening of an additional factory, more staff and expansion into its European and US markets.

NCS Integrated Solutions has become a Screen dealer, to fill the gap left in its product range following its fallout with Creo.

Greenpeace is campaigning for UK publisher HarperCollins to print Chilean author Isabel Allendes book, Forest of the Pygmies, on environmentally friendly paper.