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The worst trading conditions for many years have taken their toll on the year-end figures for St Ives.

Pims could cut up to 60 of its 353 staff due to restructuring following its acquisitions of Communications in Print (CIP) in April and of Jensen Press last week.

Printcafe was pleased with its third-quarter results after losses fell and sales rose.Sales were up 5% on last year a good result in a tough time, said chief financial officer Joseph Wang.

Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP) will begin a five-day trial against Alito Color on Monday (21 October) over claims of non-payment of invoices for a new press.

Howitts announcement last week that it is behind the UKs new greenfield gravure plant has only served to intensify speculation about its full plans, rather than suppress it.

De La Rue has appointed Stephen King as group finance director, replacing Paul Hollingworth, who left at the end of June.

Jill Mannixs future as managing director of Independent Paper is in doubt after parent Denmaur Paper said she had stood down and was on leave.

Fujifilm Graphic Systems has held a conference at Droitwichs Chateau Impney hotel to keep dealers up to date with its reorganisation. Fuji Photo Film UK managing director Toshio Nakamura officially...

Maximum Impact has launched a new course to help print businesses move into facilities management.

Alcan Print Finishers has bought print finisher Qualicoat, which has factories in Pudsey and Old Trafford.

Ryobi is searching for a new UK and Ireland distributor for its presses after Knight Machinery (Holdings), the parent company of incumbent distributor Ry-Offset Graphics, was placed into...

Scitex Digital Printing (SDP) has tested the newspaper industrys desire for remotely printed digital colour newspapers at Ifra.

Perivan Group has appointed Mark Croucher as managing director of Perivan White Dove, which it bought out of administrative receivership last year (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 16 November 2001).

SR Communications has sold its Leicester-based response management and fulfilment services site to Communisis Security Products because it was draining its profits.

Heidelberg has signalled its intention to become a major player in the newspaper market with the purchase of Swedish mailroom specialist IDAB WAMAC, announced at Ifra in Barcelona this week.