Gravure

Polestar: flagship Sheffield supersite began winding down five years' ago this week

Final Polestar company dissolved

Five years after its ignominious collapse, the last remaining Polestar Group company has finally been dissolved.

Award takes into account "great work, customer service, quality or flexibility"

Prinovis celebrates Sainsbury's accolade

The print and publications team at Sainsbury’s Group has lauded Prinovis UK for its high quality work.

Newspaper tributes included record-breaking pagination

Presses roll for Prince Philip tributes

Newspaper and magazine printers swung into action over the weekend producing special issues to mark the passing of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

The Lithoman IIIS will be refurbished by Manroland Goss prior to installation

Walstead diversifies with short-grain web

Walstead Group is investing in a short-grain web press for its Spanish gravure facility as part of a strategic plan to diversify the site’s offering.

Holmen: 37gsm options means printed products could become up to 16% lighter

Holmen adds lighter weight Uniq option

Holmen Paper aims to enhance its environmental appeal with a new lighter grammage version of its Uniq super-calendered paper.

Ikea catalogues: print run has reduced considerably in recent years

Ikea cans annual catalogue and hones promos for digital age

Ikea has become the latest retailer to can its big book annual catalogue – but that doesn’t mean print will be absent from its future promotional plans.

OK!: issued dated 23 November is first to be printed by Walstead

OK! switches printer, launches beauty box

OK! magazine has become the latest high-profile title to switch from gravure to web offset printing.

Hello! magazine with new format shown on right

Hello! revamps with print switch

Hello! magazine has switched to web offset printing for the first time as part of a change of print supplier.

Sun Capital confirms River deal and Polestar collaboration

Polestar owner Sun European Partners has confirmed that one of its affiliates has purchased River Group and expanded on its plans for the customer publisher to work in partnership with Polestar.

Polestar Sheffield gets Nordic Ecolabel accreditation

Polestar Sheffield has become the first UK printing plant to be awarded the Nordic Ecolabel environmental accreditation.