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Polestar plants lend a hand for huge Xmas job
A group effort has helped Polestar to print four Christmas TV listings titles in only five days.
Police to probe blaze at Mondi
The fire at Mondi Paper's Holcombe mill in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, was started deliberately, investigators have concluded (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 13 December).
Print Factory doubles its site
The Print Factory will see in the new year with the completion of an extension to its Northampton manufacturing site, which will make it half as big again.
Print UK is not viable in 2003 says the BAPC
Print UK, scheduled for the NEC in April 2003, has been cancelled.
Printing.com posts 30% sales boost and expands
Printing.com has reported a 30% increase in net invoiced sales and has announced plans to move to a new automated production hub in Manchester early next year.
Transcom 4DM is awarded ISO
4DM Group has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 accreditation at its Transcom 4DM continuous printing site in Worcester.
Trinity Mirror puts in Jaws PDF Server
Trinity Mirror has converted its national newspaper output to PDF with the installation of Global Graphics' server-based creation software.
YMP to recruit youth at event
The Young Managing Printers Association (YMP) will look at ways of making the industry more attractive to youngsters at its annual national conference.
Print UK 2003 is cancelled
Next years Print UK, scheduled for the NEC in April, has been cancelled, leaving Northprint as the major UK print exhibition in 2003.
De La Rue could bank currency work
De La Rue has been selected by the Bank of England as its preferred banknote supplier and is set to buy its banknote-printing plant at Debden in Essex.
PCC mourns Searle
The Printers Charitable Corporation is mourning the loss of director and secretary Teresa Searle, whose death has just been announced.
TripleArc loses sales chief
TripleArc head of sales Paul Bailey has left the firm.
APPs creditors reject proposal for repayment
A group of key creditors of debt-laden Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has rejected the terms of a repayment deal, putting in doubt a resolution to the companys financial woes (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 23 February...
Blaze rips through Mondi's Lancashire mill
A fire at Mondi Paper UKs Holcombe mill in Ramsbottom, Lancashire destroyed 500 tonnes of bailed paper and 20% of the structure of a warehouse on 5 December.
Parker launches Printsolve.Biz
Bob Parker, who has held senior production positions at St Ives, Colorgraphic, Astron and Quebecor Printing (UK) in a 39-year print career, has set up his own business, Printsolve.Biz, to help...