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The London College of Printing is reinventing itself with "digital media and digital print" at its heart, according to head of college Dr Will Bridge

Newsquest is installing Autologic PDF-based digital workflow and CTP at its new print centre at Wingates, near Bolton

NUR Macroprinters is to cut 70 jobs worldwide, 14% of its total workforce, to reduce costs

Oc has signed its largest single outsourcing contract with Rolls-Royce, worth 65m over 10 years

Fujifilm Graphic Systems is selling the SpinJet wide-format duplex proofer

Kodak Polychrome Graphics plans to increase its presence in the newspaper and proofing markets as part of its refocus

Imation launched Express Web, an internet-based file transfer system, at TPG

The Financial Times Top 500 UK companies contained five print and paper firms among its ranks

The Institute of Printings new chairman has pledged to get the association back on track, after it posted a 21,000 deficit for 2000.

The crisis in Scotlands electronics industry is forcing Macfarlane Group to look at rationalising its packaging facilities

Photobition has given its strongest indication yet that a management buyout (MBO) will happen, after reporting that trading since January has fallen well below expectations

The Climate Change Levy has put the paper industry under further pressure by raising the prices of materials and fuel by almost 1% over the past month

Quickcut is in the process of negotiating with BT Ignite to take over the leased lines of Vio users who also use Quickcut

Screen revealed a faster version of its PlateRite thermal platesetter at TPG in Paris this week, the PlateRite 8600, which produces 20 B1 plates per hour

Bousfield will increase its prices on some smaller, less profitable contracts from 1 June after looking at other ways of increasing profitability