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South Nottingham College gets DoE DI accolade

South Nottingham College is one of 60 colleges named by the Department of Education and Skills as a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE), and is the only one of 370 applicants nationwide to receive...

Arjo blames staff cuts on poor market

Arjo Wiggins Carbonless Paper Operations Europe chief executive Grard Bougniart has acknowledged the scale of decline in the carbonless market, while unveiling plans to cut over 300 jobs.

Boxmore finishes expansion

Field Boxmore in Westport, Ireland, has completed its 1.5m expansion project funded by US parent Chesapeake.

Tullis Russell sees turnaround

Tullis Russell, the independent papermaker based in Fife, has reported a major turnaround in its financial results for the year to 31 March 2002.

Isle of Man firm gets UK's first Cobalt-4

Mannin Media Group has installed the UKs first Cobalt-4 violet platesetter at its Isle of Man base.

Thames McGurk alpha tests Esko's DeskPack tool

Thames McGurk, the London-based packaging design and artwork agency, is the first UK company to alpha test Esko-Graphics desktop packaging production tool, DeskPack.

Creo launches Six Degrees software

Creo has launched its new Six Degrees desktop software with a low-cost introductory offer of just 79.

Results fail to dent Domino's confidence

Domino Printing Sciences, the manufacturer of ink-jet equipment, is confident of its position to take advantage of any upturn in demand, despite static results for the first half of the year.

Colourfast is first with EFI's PrintMe

Brighton-based copyshop Colourfast has become the first firm in the UK to use EFIs PrintMe Network.

Appleton Signs installs second Vutek

Signage specialist Appleton Signs in Southampton has installed a second Vutek UltraVu 3360 EC to meet demand.

Extra funds aid httprint to buy workflow firm

Httprint has confirmed it has secured extra funding and has bought Publishers Market, a Munich-based firm that specialises in web-enabled print advertising workflow.

Xpo group boosts large-format print

Former Photobition Display and Warrens managing director Justin Jackson is heading up a new large-format print, manufacturing and design technology company, Xpo Group.

AB Dick digital for Gateshead's Digiset

Digiset has moved into digital printing with the installation of an AB Dick Colour Press, which cost 120,000.

Norscan plummet raises price fears

Norscan pulp stocks fell by 99,000 tonnes in May, prompting further price increases in the US and speculation that European producers may follow suit.

Talk Paper to sell Stora brand

Talk Paper has secured the deal to sell Stora Ensos Berga brand of multi-purpose office papers exclusively in the UK.