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Cooper Clegg chairman Ian Cooper will run his first full marathon at the age of 61-and-a-half when he takes part in the Flora London Marathon this weekend.

ArjoWiggins Carbonless Europe was the black spot in the groups operations posting a net loss of 11m (E16.7m) for 2003, with 100 job cuts planned for 2004.

Muller Martini has revealed further details of products it will launch at Drupa including a press, stackers, a trimmer and further details of its book-on-demand system.

Thomson Litho is to cut 35 jobs at its East Kilbride plant, according to sources close to the firm.

Frozen food brand Findus has appointed Print Design & Graphics (PDG) to manage the supply of its cartons for its frozen foods and ready meals to its Newcastle factory.

Duplo International has struck a deal to market a range of digital short-run bookbinding machinery for the first time in the UK.

TPL made two-thirds of its workforce redundant on 8 April, a decision that GPMU officials have branded as appalling.

Astron has bought Edotech for 130m in what Astron chief executive David Mitchell has dubbed a transforming acquisition.

Liverpool-based company CDMS has clinched a 1.5m print management deal with Littlewoods Football Pools.

Howitt has strengthened its sales team with three new appointments, but has parted company with operations director Dave Weiss and human resources director Keeley Hemmings.

Polestars bottom line loss was 42m last year, and the groups FRS17 pension deficit has ballooned to 137m, just-filed figures reveal.

The Print Factorys new 2m transactional print and direct mail facility is on course for its opening next week (PrintWeek, 25 March).

The GPMUs executive council is due to consider formal legal documents within the next month, as its merger with manufacturing union Amicus progresses (PrintWeek, 12 February).

Despite a drop in revenues and profits in the first quarter Oc said that a recovery in the sales of hardware due to new product launches would continue and lead to a rise in consumables sales.

An introductory course on paper, print and publishing, which will start in October is, one of the first initiatives from the IP3, the recently merged Institutes of Paper, Printing and Publishing.