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S&G buys fifth eight-unit 102

Magazine printer Stephens & George will become the UKs largest purchaser of eight-colour presses when it installs its fifth eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 this summer

Quebecor studies further expansion

Quebecor Worlds next acquisition target could be a European printer, president and chief executive Charles Cavell revealed at the companys AGM

Ry and Apex add DI arm to partnership

Ry-Offset and Apex Digital Graphics have extended their partnership and set up a new limited company, DI Solutions, specifically to sell direct imaging presses

Recycled newsprint on target

The recycled content of newsprint consumed by UK newspaper publishers is just ahead of government targets, according to audit figures for the second half of 2000

Markzware release enhanced MarkzScout pre-flight software

The latest version of Markzwares MarkzScout workflow programme boasts an enhanced PDF creator and improved flight-check integration and job collection, the company claims

Screen hires Kernick to boost sales of TruePress

Screen has recruited former PPS digital press salesman Nick Kernick as sales manager (digital presses) in a move to expand its UK TruePress customer base

APP outlook bleak as troubles mount

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced continued suspension of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) shares while an investigation into the companys books is underway

Janes takes new Indigo role

Indigo has appointed Nancy Janes as UK customer business development manager

CreoScitex adds partners to variable information partners programme

CreoScitex has added two partners to its variable information partner programme

Oc income hit but sales are on the up

Ocs sales climbed 7% to 485m (E776m) in the first quarter of 2001, fuelled by strong growth in its Production Printing Systems (PPS) business

Hope for stability with new pulp cuts

Pressure on pulp prices is mounting with Sdra announcing a further $30-per-tonne cut in its Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) grade

Xerox starts equipment leasing sale with Resonia

Xerox has executed the first stage of its equipment financing disposal strategy with the sale of its portfolio of lease receivables for Scandinavia

Mets's share issue is heavily oversubscribed

Mets-Serlas AGM heard that the groups 37m (E59.5m) direct share issue had been over-subscribed by almost three times

Sothernprint picks up IPC run

Southernprint has stepped in to print IPC SouthBanks new 132pp glossy 25 Beautiful Gardens after original printer St Ives turned down the first issue because of a lack of capacity

Apogee plug-in offers post-RIP assembly tool

Agfa has launched Digital QuickStrip, a plug-in for Apogee, for working with pages rather than complete flats. The 6,000 plug-in allows for post-RIP assembly of flats from individual elements