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The PPA is to launch version five of its pass4press standard next month, and is extending proof4press to reach a wider market.

Carrs Products managing director Keith Lewis has left the company.

NexPress has linked up with Web2print as part of a deal that could result in six more digital presses installed in the UK.

Digital Print World (DPW) is to move to Earls Court 2 next year after interest from the first day exceeded expectations from organisers and exhibitors.

Buxton press has installed its fourth long perfector and plans to be running six of the machines within a year.

Xerox has put continued growth for its digital production division down to the success of its iGen3 and Docucolor 5252 printers.

Former Sun Chemical marketing director Paul Covell has been appointed printing ink executive for the British Coatings Federation (BCF).

Ormolu Group reduced its pre-tax losses to 5.3m in 2003, but went further into the red over the course of the year, according to accounts posted this week.

Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond has said that delivery of newspapers will go more electronic in the future, indicating that he would not follow Rupert Murdochs lead and rebuild his printing...

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert is predicting a wholesale change of contract ownership in UK magazine printing.

TJ International has integrated its Heidelberg presses with its i-teba SolPrint Management Information System using JDF.

The GPMU has signed a union recognition agreement at Quebecor World's plant at Corby.

Westdale Printing Group has signed up for a 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 just one month after taking delivery of a 12-colour model.

Virgin Retail has handed a multi-million point of sale (PoS) contract to Access Plus, the TripleArc-owned print manager.

Polestar showed visitors around its Sheffield supersite for the first time last week, when it held a "soft launch" for the huge 43,000m2 facility.