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TPL opts to buy additional CTP system

TPL has invested in a second CreoScitex VLF Trendsetter just six months after it installed its first CTP system

Merlin invests 150k in new kit

Essex-based Merlin Colour Printers has spent approximately 150,000 with Friedheim International on a finishing revamp that includes an MBO T700 folder, an MBO T520, and a Schneider 115H guillotine.

Muller Martini in deal with SMG

Scottish Media Group (SMG) has signed a deal with Muller Martini for newsroom equipment to handle increased capacity when it relocates to its 38m purpose-built Glasgow premises in 2002.

RES lands HP BEST distribution work

RES Distribution has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for the BEST-Color RIP for Hewlett-Packard ink-jet printers.

Yell sets sights on buying directories

The new owner of the Yellow Pages business, Yell, has vowed to strengthen its grip on printed directories and will look at further acquisitions.

Abitibi plans to strip down capacity in North America

Abitibi-Consolidated plans to permanently remove 180,000 tonnes of newsprint capacity from the North American market from 15 June

Allen appointed to top book production job

Elizabeth Allen has been appointed to what one book printer has labelled the top book production job in the UK

Impact makes two Essentials

Basingstoke-based Impact Litho has printed the double cover for IPC Medias latest issue of Essentials magazine

TPL Loose Leaf to close division

TPL Loose Leaf is closing its paper over board ring binders division after a fall in demand for its products

Receiver in at Duncan Web Offset

A receiver from BDO Stoy Hayward has been appointed at magazine printer Duncan Web Offset and is looking to sell the business as a going concern

Springtek brings out upgraded version of raid

Springtek has launched LBB3, a bigger and faster version of its low-cost RAID system.

PaperExchange pulls out of Europe

The demise of the pulp and paper dotcoms continues after PaperExchange closed its European operation in London with the loss of all 17 jobs

Rudd in parley on work future

Paul Rudd, the former Express Newspapers production and operations director and West Ferry chairman, is in talks with "one or two people" about his employment plans

Yell seeks replacement head

Yell Group is "actively looking" for a new head of publishing to oversee its <i>Yellow Pages</i> and <i>Business Pages</i> directories

APP arms face legal threat for late payments

Trouble continues to mount for Asia Pulp & Paper (APP); the group faces the threat of fresh legal action, while two subsidiaries are to make late interest payments after threats from creditors