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Carwin enhances service capability

Carwin has extended its print management service capabilities by creating a separate division entitled Carwin Marketing Solutions

Eclipse invests in new plant and new machinery

Eclipse Colour Print is investing 3m in its second 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster and a new purpose-built plant

Restructure ahead for Goodhead web?

The Goodhead Group is understood to be restructuring its web operations, to bring them under the control of a single managing director

HighWater installs 100th UK Platinum

HighWater has installed its 100th Platinum in the UK at Ortek Colour Printers

Jarrett leaves Drent after disagreement

David Jarrett has left Drent UK following a disagreement over future strategy

Gibbons sticks to Komori for its latest investment

William Gibbons & Sons has repeated its order from three years ago and bought a Komori System 38 web and a five-colour Lithrone 40 sheetfed press

Richmond makes recruitment A-list

Richmond Capital Partners is developing a list of proven managing directors and director-level personnel who are interested in industry MBO and MBI opportunities

BPI morale low as 2000 figures dive

BPI reported a pre-tax loss of 24.6m in the year to 31 December 2000 and is preparing for the impact of foot-and-mouth disease on its silage stretchwrap business

Fuji in partnership deal with TPT for Lscher Xpose!

Fujifilm Graphic Systems UK has entered the VLF CTP market for packaging and magazine printing by adding the Lscher Xpose! thermal platesetters to its product line-up

Curtis counting on KPS' spending plan

The future is looking bright for Curtis Fine Papers following a visit to its Guardbridge mill by Menzies Campbell, MP for NorthEast Fife, and the news that investment is likely by new parent KPS...

AGI buys film packaging firm

AGI Media Packaging has expanded its speciality packaging operations with acquisition of TM

Tech-ni-fold's digital creaser

The man behind the Tech-ni-fold Tri-Creaser, Graham Harris, has designed a hand-fed rotary creasing device for the digital market and is hoping to show it at Northprint

Johnston spends 28m on print plants

Johnston Press is spending a massive 28m on adding colour to its printing operations this year, including two new Goss press installations

Jarrolds shifts up a gear with Volvo mag run

Jarrolds is in the middle of printing the first copies of recent contract win Volvo Magazine

OFT criticised over supermarket code

The BPIF has complained to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) about the draft of the supermarkets Code of Practice, which has not entirely scrapped the third-party rebate scheme