Print buying

Lloyds Banking Group reviews print supply
Lloyds Banking Group is reviewing its marketing print services, which represents around 100 million printed items a year.

Polestar calls time on Stones site
Polestar is proposing to close its Polestar Stones sheetfed site, after nearly two centuries in business, as the company’s chief financial officer departs for pastures new.

Landa appoints new CEO
Landa has appointed a new chief executive as the firm gears up for the roll-out of its Nanographic digital presses – but founder and former CEO Benny Landa remains firmly on board as “active...

Mixed picture for St Ives print ops
Sales at St Ives’ Strategic Marketing operation have topped £100m as the group reported year-end results under its new structure.

Rafferty steps down at Grafenia
Printing.com founder and Grafenia chief executive Tony Rafferty has stepped down from the business “by mutual consent” at the same time as it announced the sale of its Dutch business and warned on...

Vistaprint Cimpress trials Amazon service in US
Vistaprint Cimpress is testing out a DIY business cards service on Amazon.com in the US, but has not revealed whether or not it plans to roll out the scheme in other markets, such as the UK

Prinovis to be a 100% Bertelsmann business
Bertelsmann has taken sole ownership of pan-European gravure printer Prinovis.

RR Donnelley Flaxby Moor plant set to close
RR Donnelley’s Flaxby Moor, North Yorkshire print site is set to close at the end of the year, with an anticipated loss of around 200 jobs.

HP announces Indigo WS6000 milestone
HP announced the 1,000th installation of its HP Indigo WS6000 label press series at Labelexpo this week.

Octink backs youth employment initiative
Octink has supported Cultivate London with its latest urban farm project in west London.