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Additional pulp producers set to raise prices

Several more pulp producers are following Canfor and Sdra Cells lead in announcing pulp price rises with effect from this month (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 28 August).

Atlas claims it will pay off its Ice Paper debt

Atlas Print & Communications, which was born from the demise of Clarendon House Group last year, is facing a winding-up petition from Ice Paper.

Bid for T/R puts EFI on acquisition trail

Electronics For Imaging is on the hunt for further acquisitions following its 13m ($21m) bid for T/R Systems.

Caslon unveils die-less foiler

Caslon has launched an automatic foiling machine for digital printers that eliminates the need for dies.

Cambridge Press legend dies

Brooke Crutchley, the former university printer at Cambridge University Press, has died aged 96.

Communisis in deal with BASF

BASF is believed to have secured a major ink and consumables deal with Communisis, taking over from rival Sun Chemical.

Creo, HighWater in major B2 price cut

A battle for the wallets of smaller printers is pushing down the prices of B2 CTP.

Digi-products offers PDF tool

Digi-products, the Reading-based software provider, has developed a drag-and-drop program to allow users to create marketing materials in one hit.

Dubbins government warning

GPMU general secretary Tony Dubbins told this weeks TUC Congress in Brighton that the government had to implement real fairness at work right now if it wanted to have the support of working people at...

Friary Press is first to fit Dalim Ficelle system

The Friary Press is the site of the first European installation of the Dalim Ficelle for Printers online proofing and workflow system.

Hitachi develops updated version of RFID u-chip

Hitachi has developed a radio frequency chip that can be embedded in paper products such as banknotes, tickets and gift vouchers, to prevent counterfeiting.

Humes no show at court hearing

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of print entrepreneur Nicholas Humes after he failed to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Monday (8 September).

ICS reforms remote proofing

Integrated Color Solutions (ICS) says it is breaking new ground in contract soft proofing with a new system for colour-accurate remote press checking.

IP includes new UPM Fine 100 in its product line

Independent Paper has expanded its product offering with the addition of UPM Fine 100 to its portfolio.

Irish firm Sharpbyte creates file transfer software

An Irish start-up company has launched a point-to-point file transfer package.Sharpbytes software can be used point-to-point over any form of communications line including ADSL and mobile phone lines.