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Astron has won a seven-year outsourcing contract from Zurich.

Beshara Press has gone into liquidation with the loss of 35 jobs.

Kendal printer Frank Peters has received support from the regions MP after parent Bretton Communications said it was likely to close the firm in October.

The industrys commitment to open workflow was underlined this week by alliances at Graph Expo and the announcement of plans to make next years Drupa the "JDF Drupa".

Former Electronic Solutions managing director Steve Hobbs will advise clients about advertising production as part of his new companys offering.

Komori launched a perfecting version of its Lithrone S40 at Igas.

Muller Martini gave its new inline hardcover system a world premiere at its VBF Book Technology Centre in Bad Mergentheim, Germany, last week.

Pindar has bought a new boat for round-the-world sailing heroine Emma.

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Papermarc Group has been bought by UK private investment company Croftacre Holdings.

A strong performance in books boosted Fulmars interim results, but chief executive Mike Taylor remained doubtful that commercial print would find its way out of recession before 2005.

Independent Paper chief executive David Mitchell has left the company to pursue his own consultancy business.

Kodak has indicated that part of the 1.8bn ($3bn) allocated to its acquisition programme will go towards building up its newly formed commercial printing unit.

In sharp contrast to the falling attendance at a number of trade shows, last weeks LabelExpo Europe passed its previous tally of 15,000 visitors with a day to spare and notched up more than 20,000 by ...

AB Dicks new two-up thermal platesetter and chemistry-free plate from Presstek are now available to UK customers following their launch at Graph Expo in Chicago this week.