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Agfa has made a surprise re-entry into the digital printing market and a move on the industrial printing sector with the acquisition of ink-jet press developer Dotrix.

Scitex Digital Printing (SDP) will now operate under the Kodak Versamark name after the completion of its 130m ($237m) acquisition by Kodak.

Fulmars shares lost almost 10% of their value after the company issued a profit warning on Friday (2 January), before recovering some of their lost ground.

The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) has recognised the improvement in print training by awarding the BPIFs training arm its greatest single improvement score in a 12-month period.

Goss Graphic Systems Preston plant is likely to be hit by industrial action again this week, the union Amicus says, unless the companys management makes an improved pay offer.

Do you know who it is yet? Australian all-round entertainer Rolf Harris paid a visit to students at the University of East Londons (UEL) Fabric Print and Design Bureau, known as the Fab Pad, to pick...

Security print specialist BemroseBooth has been snapped up in a 34m deal by US carbonless paper manufacturer Appleton.

Print and facilities management company Williams Lea has been awarded the contract to handle O2s UK marketing and point of sale material.

FedEx Corporation has agreed to buy high street copy shop chain Kinkos for 1.32bn ($2.4bn).

Cranfield Colours Printing Inks and Bristols University of the West of England (UWE) have won a DTI-sponsored award for their work in increasing knowledge between the academic and business worlds.

Sakurai extolled the benefits of SRA2 presses at its pre-Christmas London open house, attended by company president Yoshikuni Sakurai.

High street franchise chain Printing.com has announced that its total monthly sales to 7 December 2003 broke the 1m barrier for the first time in the companys history.

The industry comprehensively voted against the suggestion that it no longer needed skilled workers at the Institute of Printings 2003 Annual Debate, which was held at the House of Commons.

KBA UK has appointed Terry Smith as South East area manager within its national sales team for sheetfed presses.