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Russell is to fill London-based Stora Enso role

Stora Enso has appointed Keith Russell to the newly created role of senior vice president of investor relations, with a focus on the North American market.

APP commitment to green dialogue

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Sinar Mas Group (SMG) are prepared to work closely with environmental organisations to stop illegal logging, following an audit into the groups forestry operations...

Rises in paper costs up Scots Exec expenses

"Significant rises in the cost of paper" are behind the Scottish Executives spiralling stationery expenses.

Canon to preview large-format at Ipex

Canon will preview its latest range of large-format printers at Ipex, along with black-and-white high-volume printers such as the iR110.

CPI launches web book cataloguing

CPI launched its electronic book cataloguing service to UK publishers at the London International Book Fair (LIBF) this week.

SPS signs up to use PDF-based Mtivity system

Print management firm SPS Printing has signed up to use PrintPDF, the PDF-based document template system developed by Mtivity.

Xerox estimating software to make costing digital print easy

Xerox has launched ProfitPlanner, an estimating software package to compare the production costs of different print techniques.

Capstan CTP first from ECRM

ECRM has launched what it claims is the first capstan platesetter, the Mako 2.

Adare's Marque2 to push DAM pros

Former Vio vice-president of business strategy Steven Wood is targeting large corporations, advertising agencies, printers and pre-press firms as head of Adares Marque2 digital asset management (DAM)...

Pageant agrees exclusive Fujifilm deal

Pageant Graphics has signed a seven-figure deal to distribute Fujifilm pre-press consumables exclusively.

Six UK dealers sign up to sell Ferrania's film

Ferrania Imaging Technologies has set up a UK dealer network for its film products, after exclusive UK dealer Litho Supplies withdrew support.

Prolatus signs first customer in MarkUp deal

Prolatus has signed its first UK customer as part of an early adopter programme.

Consumables dip hits Litho's profits

The adoption of new technologies such as CTP hit Litho Supplies consumables sales and ate into its pre-tax profits.

Positive Focus lands UK Black Magic distribution

Positive Focus has picked up the distribution of BlackMagic proofing software in the UK.

Banks are "ripping off" printing firms

Three-quarters of printing firms investigated by ABA, the Consumer Associations bank auditing service, are being overcharged by an average of 7,500.