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Phoenix Color Closes Division

CHICAGO—Phoenix Color has authorized the closure of its Book Technology Park division and the sale of its press and binding equipment to RR Donnelley, based here. The two companies also reached an agreement that sees the Phoenix Color book component division producing components for a number of Donnelley book plants. Phoenix Color will continue to manufacture book jackets, paperback covers, preprinted case covers, inserts, endpapers and heavily illustrated multicolor books.