Print buying

Falkland Press has dramatically scaled up its expansion plans, with a new factory and raft of new kit to go alongside the HP Indigo 10000 it ordered last year.

International sales at Communisis have jumped to 18% of group turnover, ahead of the anticipated level.

Polestar chief operating officer Peter Andreou has been in the States this week to review progress on the construction of the first tranche of its new web presses from Goss International.

Polestar has filed its first set of results since acquiring BGP and Stones, and chief executive Barry Hibbert has further joint ventures and acquisitions in his sights for this year.

The Website Leeds and sister company Glynn Print Finishers have been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL) with the loss of all remaining 126 jobs.

Staffordshire-based commercial printer KJB has invested circa £300,000 upgrading its post-press and front-end capabilities to bring more processes in-house and drive forward its ambitious growth plan.

Global Media Production (Global MP) has won a £6m print contract for UK made-to-measure window blinds supplier Hillarys Blinds, following a competitive tender.

The trading status of The Website (Leeds) is unclear, with speculation that a pre-pack of the business is imminent.

Polestar has confirmed that it has entered a 30-day consultation with a number of staff at its Colchester web offset site.

North Plains has continued its evolution from print's biggest DAM provider to a specialist in the production, management and leveraging of any visual asset by signing a strategic partnership with SDL.