News

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

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

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

Robert Fletcher has closed its Stoneclough mill at Radcliffe, Manchester, which produces woodfree bible and printing papers, resulting in the loss of nearly 150 jobs

Httprint has opened its first office on mainland Europe in a bid to take advantage of continental printers sophisticated communications infrastructure

German Encad seller Nonius has developed an ink-jet transfer paper for permanent outdoor graphics, which can be applied to uneven and curved surfaces

Former PaperX.com technology director Ian Leader has acquired all of the software written by PaperX from the receivers and set up a new firm, Exteriority

Belfast-based Textflow has invested 500,000 in three new Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 presses to meet a rise in demand for black-and-white print-on-demand work

Chelsea-based repro house Colourpath has invested 300,000 in digital workflow

Johnston Press is the latest newspaper group to embark upon the route to computer-to-plate, and will begin evaluating systems from Agfa and Kodak Polychrome Graphics later this year

Canon has launched the imageRunner 8500 (iR8500), a new high-volume, print-on-demand digital system

Fuji launched its Lanovia Quattro professional flatbed scanner at Newstec this week

Nuffield Press has signed a deal with Agfa to go CTP

Former director Michael Kemp told the Official Receivers report on Powage Press that problems with a major item of equipment, which others have confirmed was its 74 Karat, were the main reason for the...