Publishing

KBA acts to right-size web ops

KBA has agreed measures to dramatically downsize two manufacturing facilities related to its web offset press business.

Harwood King Fine Art in double Canon buy

Fine art screen printer Harwood King Fine Art Studio has invested around £10,000 in Canon iPF 8400 and Canon iPF 815 large-format machines to boost its quality and colour accuracy.

Web offset firms' 2013 accounts reveal ongoing challenges

Recently filed accounts from two major UK web printers point to ongoing tough trading conditions in the web offset sector, with both reporting falling sales and mounting losses.

Wyndeham makes short-grain move

Wyndeham Group is entering a new area of the web offset market after deciding on the location for the ‘prize asset’ short-grain web press from Global MP.

Polestar poised to fire up first of its new webs

Polestar is set to begin printing on the first of its two new 96pp web presses at the end of this month.

Killer app: Printers pool resources to rebrand News UK agents

Popping to the shop to grab a paper? You might end up coming away with more. According to Him! CTP 2013 research 69% of shoppers buy other items as well as a newspaper, with those buyers tending to be...

Business inspection: Maintaining two strings to your bow

Remaining fast and flexible has been key to success in both print and publishing.

IPC teams with Boku to offer mobile payment for mag subscriptions

IPC Media has partnered with mobile payment platform Boku to allow readers to subscribe to its print titles via text, in a bid to revitalise interest in magazines amongst the young "mobile-first"...

News UK rebrands 8,300-plus newsagents in printed newspaper push

Over 8,300 independent newsagents across the UK and Ireland have been rebranded in a push to sell more printed copies of The Sun and The Times.

MBO digital book finishing lines certified for use with Canon web presses

MBO Digital has partnered with Canon to offer 762mm and 508mm digital book finishing lines certified for use with the Océ JetStream 5500 and Océ ColorStream 3000 series digital web presses...