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<i>The Mail on Sunday</i> has published a report on Britains top 300 millionaires with former Tetra Pak packaging heir Hans Rausing leading the print, paper, packaging and publishing entries.

Environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt CBE emphasised the importance of sustainability at the 2004 Livery Lecture, The media: Friends of the earth or foes? held at Stationers Hall on 8 March.

Multigraphics is to undergo a rebranding, and is finalising negotiations to move into a new 4,650m2 factory in Halifax.

York-based printer Maxiprint is preparing to increase its workforce following a 1.3m investment in the company over the past year.

Bridgewater Paper Company has entered into consultative talks with the GPMU over 60 proposed job losses at its plant.

RR Donnelley has completed the 1.54bn ($2.8bn) acquisition of Moore Wallace creating the largest printing company in North America.

Turnpike Press got more than it bargained for when it ordered four tonnes of a special mill making of Chromomatt board from Arjo Wiggins in France for a job for English Heritage.

Security printer Checkprint has been named as one of the top 50 small business companies to work for, according to a <i>Sunday Times</i> survey.

Leo Quinn will take over at the helm of security printer De La Rue when Ian Much retires at the end of May.

Any new owner of the <i>Telegraph</i> newspapers would have to look for new print sites, according to the owner of Express Newspapers Richard Desmond.

Production Response and Graphic Facilities have signed up to use web-based file pre-flighting and submission software PrintSure.

ECRM has brought its simple, low-cost flatbed platesetter design to the B1 market with the launch of the Mako 8 for Drupa.

Leeds firm Rivendell Europe has become the first repro company to purchase a DuPont UPTIME package, a new financing deal that loads the cost onto the consumables rather than the hardware.

The next version of EFIs proofing software, which will be released at Drupa, will output CIP3 files for pre-setting press ink keys.

Simpsongroup has installed the UKs first Scitex Vision Corjet flatbed ink-jet press the first of several according to Scitex Vision.