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Insolvency trade body R3 has warned that UK industry could be in for a rough ride in the middle of 2011, following the publication of its second quarterly Business Distress Index with a fifth "running on empty"..

LPC Printing has invested in a raft of new equipment, including a 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 perfector, to maximise pressroom efficiency at the Southampton-based business.

Some 17,500 FIA-UGT and FSC-CCOO union workers across Spanish paper mills are today involved in a strike over pay.

Large-format digital printer Graphics Works plans to move to larger premises within the Bradwell Abbey area of Milton Keynes in 2011, while also investing in new kit.

Heidelberg has named Ricoh as its digital partner, entering a global distribution contract to sell and support the Japanese company's Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition machine and PxP Chemical toner.

B2 commercial printer Printoff has continued to expand after it purchased the assets and trade of commercial printer J T McLaughlin.

Woking printer Optichrome has been given a taste of the world of espionage after producing a fine art brochure and prints for MI6.

Administrators have been appointed to Alito Color Group, as reported by PrintWeek on Friday.

Alderson Print Group has sealed a "multimillion-pound" two-year contract with Microsoft to provide a range of marketing, direct mail and point-of-sale print.

Up to 70 jobs are on the line at newspaper publisher DC Thomson after the company entered into consultation with affected staff at its Glasgow printing plant.