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Pass4press, the long-awaited PDF-based standard for digital ad submission, was launched by the PPA last week

Newsprint manufacturer Abitibi-Consolidated has hit back at criticism by its 11% shareholder, Quebecor

Dutch print and publishing group Mercurius Groep Wormeveer has bought London's Imprima and merged it with its financial print arm De Bussy

VGL, PrintWeek's newly-crowned Innovative Printer of the Year, has picked up yet another award for its Nike building wrap

Xerox is to network its worldwide "Premier Partners", including its latest recruit, Polestar, via the web from the new year

Endless references to the death of the printing industry are exaggerated, Ipex 2002 president Michael Knight told the Institute of Printing's (IoP) annual lecture last week

Biddles has installed a uniquely configured Xeikon VaryPress at its digital book production plant, which it estimates will be producing 10% of the firm's output by the end of the year

The GPMU claims the Government has consistently opposed calls to undertake a major review of the European Works Council (EWC) directive

"Printing as a word is dead in the eyes of most school leavers." This was among the bold views expressed at an off-the-record briefing hosted by suppliers' association Picon last week

Polestar has appointed Malcolm Robertson as its new group finance director five months after Jim Brown stepped up to take over as chief executive from Tony Rudston

Wyndeham is poised to continue its growth after winning new contracts to print 42m magazines a year

Members of the Digital Ad Lab (DAL) raised the question of whether PDF was a reliable enough format for digital advertising delivery at its meeting last week

Global Graphics' third-quarter pre-tax losses trebled despite strong sales in a usually quiet period

An alliance between Heidelberg and Purup-Eskofot may be on the cards

Printing and paper companies successfully prosecuted for health and safety breaches last year had their details published last week