Print buying

Private Eye and Hella put faith in Polestar
Polestar has won a contract renewal for Private Eye and a deal to print millions of catalogues for German firm Hella.

Tesco appoints new head of print buying
Retail giant Tesco has a new head of marketing procurement for print, paper and post following the departure of Katleen Pelsmakers.

CWU ballots Parcelforce members
CWU has held a consultative ballot of Parcelforce members on the issues of Royal Mail privatisation, pensions and pay.

A1 Trade Print scores top marks for health and safety
A1 Trade Print Services has been awarded with a BPIF Health & Safety Seal of Excellence, after achieving 100% in its first audit.

Nuts shuns modesty orders
Nuts magazine publisher IPC Media has said it will not bow to demands from the Co-op to cover up the title with modesty bags.

CPI in major digital expansion
CPI is making a major investment in its digital book production facilities that includes some of the kit from failed group MPG.

NGS acquires PBC
Perivale-based NGS Finishing Solutions has taken over Purfect Binding Company (PBC) and moved into its Wembley site.

York Mailing 'poised to buy web offset printer'
Speculation is mounting that York Mailing is close to confirming its first acquisition since securing 10m in new funding last month.

The Sun goes cross media with huge hybrid inkjet install
Newsprinters has made a massive investment in high-speed inkjet print heads for cross-media content, ahead of The Sun's paywall going live today.

CPI acquired in €21m deal
Pan-European book printing group CPI has been acquired by new owners.