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DPC sales 20% above budget

Direct Print Communications (DPC), the company formed by the management of Dudley Office Supplies print division, says sales have been healthy and new business has grown since its MBO in May...

Alcan chief Edgell in early retirement

Alcan Print Finishers managing director Jon Edgell is taking early retirement and will be replaced by Stuart Moffat, operations director of its five London area sites.

Pindar MIS contract for Prism

Pindar has bought a combined Prism WIN and QTMS MIS to replace disparate Printcafe and bespoke systems.

Polestar shifts to new offices

Polestars London sales team has moved into a new purpose-built office, completing the groups departure from its former headquarters in Manchester Square.

CTP attracts small firms, says report

More printers are embracing CTP, but the growing trend is seeing sales swinging away from large set-ups to smaller firms, according to a report.

Screen offers Trueflow archive

Screen has launched an archive management option for Trueflow.

Clowes invests in DoubleProof

Fujifilm has sold the UKs first HP 5000 DoubleProof to William Clowes in Beccles, Suffolk.

PrintReady tool integrates pre-flighting

Extensis hopes to take the pain out of pre-flighting by easing it into a seamless part of the file-submission job.

New Hexachrome proofing system

Simpler adoption of Hexachrome and other hi-fi colour workflows is promised thanks to a new proofing system.

Kent firms switch over to CTP

Two Kent companies have gone CTP with the installation of a Screen thermal PlateRite 8000II at Zone Graphics and Agfa's violet platesetter, the Palladio, at Fleet Litho.

Director Childs leaves UK to take Xerox India reins

Xerox graphic arts industry director Marcus Childs has left the UK to take up the managing directorship of Xerox India.

Ford efficiency increases with Oce's software

Ford has improved the efficiency of its in-house digital print and copying by an estimated 25% following its adoption of Ocs DocWorks workflow software.

Printchannel down to a skeleton staff

Printchannel scaled back its operations to a bare minimum to support existing customers last week.

Dotrix kit to be distributed by Openshaw Int'l

Openshaw International has signed a deal with Belgiums dotrix to distribute its full range of kit, which is fronted by the high-speed digital colour press, the.factory.

UPM-Kymmene and Stora picked for Dow Jones list

Dow Jones has selected UPM-Kymmene and Stora Enso to be among the 300 companies on its Sustainability Indexes (DJSI).