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Creos results have been boosted by the success of its server alliance with Xerox.

Global Graphics has announced its first JDF-compliant products, to be shown at Drupa, and it has also joined the Networked Graphic Production initiative.

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.

Astron is looking for business process outsourcing specialists to bolster its offshore operations.

MetalFX, the metallic print technology company, won the Innovation of the Year award at the National Business Awards 2003.

Polestar Chantry in Wakefield has picked up the contract to print BBC Magazines new food title, <i>Olive</i>.

The economic outlook for the pulp and paper sector is looking better but any recovery could be short-lived, according to an industry specialist.

The Newspaper Society is looking to use its file transfer system, AdFast, and highlight the amount of investment in colour printing to attract national advertisers to the regional press.

Nearly half the workforce at Perivan Group, which trades as Perivan White Dove, has been made redundant as its administrator tries to minimise costs and find a buyer.

Turning Point Technologies (TPT) has created a new division, TPT Colour Products, specialising in colour proofing products.

Specialist papermaker James Cropper plans to grow sales in China and the US, the major export markets for its speciality papers, after reporting an operating loss as expected (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 6...

A fire at Printpack Europes factory in Bury was caused by a fault on a press, according to the Greater Manchester Fire Service.

TripleArcs 40m bid to buy Access Plus has been accepted and the enlarged group was scheduled to start operating as one yesterday (19 November).

Asia Pulp and Papers (APP) UK sales office has been placed into compulsory liquidation after being pursued by a creditor of its Indonesian parent company.

Wyndeham is blaming its disappointing interim performance on a swathe of one off problems that have primarily affected its commercial and direct mail operations.