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Global Graphics in JDF move

Global Graphics has announced its first JDF-compliant products, which it will show at Drupa, and has also joined the Networked Graphic Production initiative.

Agfa sales and profits fall

Agfa has been hit by the appreciation of the euro and weak markets in the first three quarters of the year.

Perivan Group in administration

Perivan Group, which trades as Perivan White Dove, has gone into administration following difficulties in recovering from a 2.4m deficit in its final salary pension scheme.

Bright spots, but big losses, for Heidelberg and MAN Roland

Heidelberg and MAN Roland suggest in their latest results that the industrys prospects are improving, but the bottom line is that both have reported huge losses in the periods under review.

BIG bought by Brady

Business card and badge specialist BIG Group has been bought by US-listed company the Brady Corporation and has moved production to a new factory in Ipswich.

Donnelley number one following buy

RR Donnelley will overtake Quebecor World as the worlds largest commercial print group after agreeing a 1.6bn ($2.8bn) stock-based acquisition of Canadian commercial printer Moore Wallace.

Howitt Offshore MBO still on while trade rumours denied

The management buyout team at Howitt Offshore in Guernsey hope the deal, announced in August, will be completed within the next couple of days.

Clifford joins Orchestra as South East region MD

Security printer Orchestra has recruited Marcus Clifford as its regional managing director for the South East.

Findings show decline in print failures for Q2

Company failures in the industry have fallen, according to the latest insolvency statistics from the DTI.

Restructure costs revealed at Potts

The full effects of Thomas Potts disposal scheme are revealed in its accounts for the year to 31 March.

Maul-Belser in UK gravure site plans question

Maul-Belser has reiterated that it has made no decision about establishing a UK gravure operation but the Bertelsmann Arvato subsidiary is carefully examining whether a venture makes economic sense.

Plant extended and more KBA kit for Buxton

Buxton Press, the Derbyshire-based magazine printer, is adding a 1,000m2 extension to its site to make room for more KBA presses.

Mills joins Parkside in a non-exec role

Parkside International, the flexible packaging group, has strengthened its management team and is bolstering its production capacity in Poland with a new flexo press.

PEF takes over the PGC NTO skills role

The Print Education Forum (PEF) has reassured the industry that there will be little difference in its training support after formally taking control this week from the Print and Graphic Communication...

CP to sell Welbound 750 in UK

CP Graphics is introducing a single-clamp perfect binder aimed at the small- to medium-run market.