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Caldwells to close with 160 jobs lost

Klippan intends to close its Caldwells mill operation in Scotland, with the loss of 160 jobs, less than a year after it acquired the inventory and customer list from Inveresk in a 2m-plus deal...

Report criticises US CEOs pay

US print industry chief executives were among those whose companies laid off the most staff, had the most underfunded pensions and largest tax breaks in 2001, according to the findings of a new...

Work begins on new Polestar factory

Work on Polestar Pettys new press hall and bindery is somewhat more advanced than at Howitts Equator plant.

More jobs to go at Trinity Mirror

Mirror Colour Print in Oldham will lose 16 production jobs as part of Trinity Mirrors plans to increase profitability.

Delta orders first UK Roland 900 XXL

Delta Display has ordered the UKs first MAN Roland 900 XXL sheetfed press, which will be installed next summer.

Dataform secures 25m deal

Dataform Business Support Services has won 25m of print work from insurance group Aegon UK.

Chair for Rexams Brjesson

Rexam chief executive Rolf Brjesson is to become non-executive chairman after Jeremy Lancaster retires next year.

Communisis sees profits fall by 14%

Communisis sales increased by almost 21% to 150.4m in the first half, but pre-tax profits fell by 14% to 5.4m.

Bezier files lenticular patent

Bezier has filed a patent for a technique that it claims could make large-format lenticular printing up to 240% cheaper than its nearest competitor.

Waste policing faces criticism

Online packaging recovery note trading company, Environment Exchange, has said that government is expecting too much from agencies that police waste rules.

Zerger sets up specialist agency Boris

Former Z-Card Europe territory general manager Niels Zegers has set-up Boris, a specialist agency producing off-the-shelf retainable concertina media products, such as mailing cards, cuff guides and...

Abbeygate sale confirmed

Abbeygate Communications has confirmed it has merged with commercial printer Optichrome.

Infiniti unveils new kit at Viscom

Infiniti Europe has launched a range of large-format digital production printers sharing the specifications and print heads used by Nur, Scitex Vision and Vutek machines at a fraction of the cost.

Edotech wins 150m deal with Barclays

Edotech has signed a new outsourcing contract with Barclays Group worth up to 150m up until 2010.

Aylesford gets DEFRA awarded in CHP success

Aylesford Newsprint, based in Kent, has attained the DEFRA classification of good-quality combined heat and power (CHP) operator, resulting in no Climate Change Levy charge being applied to energy...