Publishing

End of printing era for St Ives as Clays is sold

St Ives has sold its last remaining printing site – Clays, the UK’s biggest book printer, has been sold to Italian firm Elcograf for £23.8m.

Johnston Press chief steps down

Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield is to leave the newspaper group after more than six years in the role.

‘Seamless book of one’ production goes live at Printondemand-worldwide

Digital book printer Printondemand-worldwide has boosted its ‘book of one’ production capabilities after going live with its new Screen Truepress Jet 520HD colour inkjet web press.

Culture secretary could intervene on Trinity Mirror's N&S deal

Culture secretary Matt Hancock has said he may be “minded to” intervene on Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets over various “public interest considerations”.

New audience measurement tool for publishers launched

The Published Audience Measurement Company (PAMCo) has launched the industry’s new audience measurement “currency”, which enables users to look at audience delivery across all publisher platforms for...

Stephens & George in £4m 'Push to Stop' Speedmaster investment

Magazine printer Stephens & George is looking to increase its output by investing £4m in a new 'Push to Stop' Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8-P.

More continental buys on the cards at Walstead

Walstead has further European buys in its sights after posting a huge jump in turnover in the first full year of consolidated results for the existing group.

CMA will probe Trinity Mirror's N&S deal

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has officially launched an investigation into Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets.

HP seeks to increase publishing supply chain efficiency with Piazza

HP has introduced a set of independent and interlocking cloud-based services to make book manufacturing and distribution more time- and cost-efficient for publishers.

Star product: ISAG fastBook Professional

A high-speed system for digitally printed layflat book blocks for large-format photobooks and other items.