Print buying

PCP boosts binding firepower with new Kolbus kit
Precision Colour Printing has more than doubled its perfect binding capacity with the installation of a new binding line from Kolbus.

Making a big splash in the local pond
A relatively simple way to both engage with potential clients and draw positive attention to a company is one that many business owners overlook. Getting involved with, and putting something back...

Walstead expands with Spanish buy
Wyndeham Group owner Walstead has expanded onto the continent – and into gravure printing – with the acquisition of Be Printers' £100m turnover Spanish operations from Bertelsmann.

Born Group appoints Sotheby’s catalogue printers following contract win
Digital agency Born Group has appointed Pureprint and Geoff Neal Litho to print and finish Sotheby’s catalogues after it won a multimillion-pound contract to handle the auction house’s catalogue...

GF Smith celebrates paper with new sample book
GF Smith has put samples of its entire paper range into one book – The Collection – for the first time.

Infigo seeks public votes to win Branson funding for expansion
Crawley-based web-to-print and cross-media marketing software developer Infigo Software intends to expand in the UK and North America if it wins business funding from Sir Richard Branson.

New finance deal for Polestar
Polestar has refinanced with new credit facilities from Barclays and a £90m senior secured loan from Swedish finance house Proventus Capital Partners.

Paperlinx Austria in administration
The domino effect continues to ripple across Paperlinx’s European businesses – the group’s Austrian operation has now followed the UK and Benelux into administration.

Wyndeham closes Gait in multi-site revamp
Wyndeham Group has closed its Wyndeham Gait factory in Grimsby as part of a wider restructure of its sheetfed and web facilities that will involve significant expansion at one site.

Overmatter: happy birthday, hot stuff
It’s been a while since Overmatter has had a nice print-related cake to write about, so thanks goodness for Systematic Print Management, which has saved us from our slough of sponge-deprived despond.