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Messe Dsseldorf chief executive Werner Dornscheidt termed this years Drupa a wake up call for the printing industry.

Heidelberg chief executive Bernhard Schreier claims the group is starting to see the turnaround after three years of downward trends.

Kodak Polychrome Graphics has bought RealTimeImage as part of a move to expand its proofing and software product line.

Packaging company Macfarlane Group is anticipating a major improvement this year following a trading statement issued today.

Finnish paper manufacturers UPM-Kymmene and M-real are warning that results will be hit hard by current market conditions, with M-real set to post its third consecutive quarter period loss.

Russell Peacock has been named as the new managing director of Xerox UK, replacing Steve Cronin who moves on to become executive chief of staff for Xeroxs developing marketing operations.

Heidelberg is sticking with the solutions approach it adopted at the last Drupa and hoping to expand that with applications and the underlying business models.

Dotrix will launch a complete converting line for the.factory at Drupa, and the firm has also revealed that Gardners has become the firms first customer for the.factory.

Polestar will close its Watford plant by the end of June.

Northcliffe Newspapers has signed a major deal with Goss to treble the colour production capacity at The Northcliffe Press site in Plymouth.

The jury in the trial of Richard Spearman, who was accused of being part of an insider-dealing ring using information stolen from financial printers Burrups, has failed to reach a verdict.

Creative Print and Billingham Press have snapped up new Heildelberg presses in separate deals.

Independent paper company Ellott Baxter has emerged as the largest single creditor from the collapse of Yale Press, it was announced this week.

The dispute over pay at Goss Graphic Systems Preston plant has ended after workers accepted a new deal brokered by the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).

Sales at Eastman Kodaks Commercial Imaging division emerged as one of the few strong performers in a generally disappointing set of annual results that heralded the loss of up to 15,000 jobs across...