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Wyndeham has blamed its poor interim performance on a swathe of one-off problems that have primarily hit its commercial and direct mail operations.

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) says members face extortionate increases in gas prices and has welcomed the intervention of energy regulator Ofgem.

Two major envelope manufacturers have announced price increases from January.

Four directors of a Suffolk print firm that collapsed with debts of 1.8m have been banned from holding directorships for between four and a half and six years.

Vertis Europe has appointed Ruaraidh Thomas as general manager of Vertis Marketing Technology (VMT) in Soho, London.

KBA is to start deliveries of its new super-wide-format presses to customers in Europe and the US after successful trials.

News International (NI) has followed the <i>Independent</i>s lead and launched a tabloid version of <i>The Times</i>.

BemroseBooth has ordered the UKs first, and Europes second, Screen Ultima VLF platesetter. It will install the machine in its Derby factory in January.

Diverse Image, part of Keating Global Group, has been appointed as the sole supplier of repro and imaging services to Burtons Foods.

Markzware has added a Pass4Press PDF specification check to the latest versions of its FlightCheck pre-flighting software.

B&P Lightbrigade has unveiled a new RIP, TROOP!, based on Adobe PostScript, which it intends to make the best supported in the UK.

MediaCo, the Manchester-based large-format printer, has installed the UKs first Vutek 3.2m-wide dye sublimation fabric printing system in a 470,000 ($800,000) investment.

Kodak is buying Scitex Digital Printing (SDP), ending several months of speculation about the identity of the high-speed ink-jet firms suitor.

Pira has added new features to its MIS Exhibition 2004 with the move to Aston Villa following the fire that burned down its previous venue, the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull.

M-real Digital Imaging is supplying its full range of 50cm silver digital reels on flexible pallets in response to customer needs.