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Williams Lea signs up Pru for 10 years

Williams Lea has secured a 140m 10-year contract with life insurance and pensions provider Prudential for the outsourcing of its document management operations.

Newsprint buys Ferag Rollsert for Barrow site

Cumbrian Newsprint is to install the worlds first Ferag Rollsert at its print room in Barrow-in-Furness in September. The investment came after the group won a contract to print the Scottish edition...

Goodman looks to sell factory in relocation plan

Worcester printer Goodman Baylis has gone into battle with city planners by asking local residents to lobby the council over a change-of-use planning application for its premises.

Ateliers workflow sparks repro shift

Atelier claims the latest version of its Digital Publishing Desktop (DPD) has taken it beyond its repro roots and that it is now a software and workflow company.

MBO at Welsh print firm MWL

Pontypool commercial prin-ter MWL Print Group has been bought in a management buy-out for an undisclosed sum.

Delta adds Fox to film clients

The Delta Group has joined Twentieth Century Foxs print roster and will produce point-of-sale displays and posters.

Astron signs deal to expand into US

Astron is expanding its presence in the US on the back of a print management contract with Waterford Wedgwood.

EFI in bid to win PPAs approval for RIP proofer

EFI is aiming to gain PPA proof4press certification for its latest proofing RIP, the recently launched Colorproof XF.

New faces at Computershare

Computershare Document Services in Bristol has bolstered its sales team and opened a new 900,000 print site as it aims to double its turnover to 20m in a year.

Xerox Q2 boosted by colour growth

Xeroxs second quarter results were boosted by strong growth in colour business, which for the first time made up a quarter of its revenues, despite a modest decline in overall revenues.

Quickcut plans three offices in Europe

Quickcut has revealed plans to expand its European operations with three new offices on the Continent in the next year.

Favini aims to add to FSC certificates

Italian paper manufacturer Favini is aiming for two more of its mills to be Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified by the end of this year.

Freedman shuffles top roles

Print management and marketing services firm Freedman International has picked up three contracts as it restructures its management team.

Quebecor plans UK fightback

Quebecor World has no intention of ceding its position in the UK web offset market and is pursuing an aggressive sales strategy to replace the Associated Newspapers work.