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Agfa Gevaert has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit in the Netherlands against Chinese plate manufacturer Chengdu Xingraphics Co.

Tim Barker, a former environmental manager of Robert Horne Group (RHG) and sustainability specialist at Paperlinx, has launched his own consultancy.

Zund has appointed Spandex as the authorised UK reseller of its S3 and G3 range of wide-format flatbed cutters.

Rigid Containers, part of the VPK Group, has revealed details of a new production facility set to open in Somerset in April to service its South West customers.

AG/CAD has moved into wide-format printer sales and will launch the Dyss Apollo Hybrid GH2200 machine at Sign & Digital UK in April alongside a new version of its KaseMake software.

Commercial printers that applied to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme have received an average of around 90,000 each in government-backed funding.

Berkshire printer Oasis Graphic Co battled extreme weather and a ticking clock to revamp the BlackBerry HQ to mark the 30 January release of the Z10 smartphone.

Pearson announced that it was to book a 150m restructuring expense for 2013 to push online growth as <i>Financial Times</i> digital subscriptions overtook print circulation for the first time.

A senior official at the Bank of England has admitted that the central bank's policies, such as QE and the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS), have not done enough to help small businesses.

The manufacturing sector has been the second biggest beneficiary of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee lending scheme since it was formed, according to BIS figures.

Xerox has bought industrial inkjet manufacturer Impika after being a reseller of the French company's products since 2011.

As part of the integration and rebranding of its two screen-print and large-format graphics operations, SSDM and Fenn Graphics, Aura Graphics has deployed a group-wide 40-seat Shuttleworth MIS.

Ralph Bell is eyeing print firms in his new role with former Dragon's Den star James Caan's SME business advisory firm HB Prime Advantage.

Screen has shown its cloud-based Variable Front-end Service, which it expects to commercialise by the end of 2013.