Web offset
Prinovis news shifts supplier landscape
Continental printers are hoping to pick up work as a result of next year’s closure of Prinovis UK – while Walstead Group expects that many of the products currently printed gravure will transition to...
Prinovis UK to close due to market decline and spiralling costs
It’s the end of an era for publication gravure printing in the UK with news that the last remaining exponent – Prinovis in Liverpool – is to close.
Immediate culls jobs, closes title as costs balloon amid economic woes
Radio Times publisher Immediate Media is closing one magazine and making more than 50 people redundant in the face of a “steep decline” in trading and a £9m increase in costs including paper and...
Web and gravure expert Alan Fraser passes away
Alan Fraser, who held senior roles at some of the biggest names in the web and gravure printing industry of the day including Watmoughs, Quebecor World and Polestar, has died aged 70.
Harry Styles a hitmaker for Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone magazine has ordered a rapid reprint after its new issue sold out immediately when pop megastar Harry Styles was revealed as the cover star.
Adphos cuts energy bills with drying tech
Adphos is urging printers to consider the use of alternative drying systems in the face of spiralling energy prices, in particular for gas, and the potential for restricted gas supplies in some...
Senior management moves at Walstead
Walstead has switched up its senior management team as additional equipment is installed at its Bicester site following the group’s purchase of YM’s web offset assets.
Ancient House back in the black
Ancient House Printing Group has filed its first set of results since last year’s change of ownership.
Walstead: results reflect relentless focus on core competencies
Walstead chairman Mark Scanlon has described the group as being “well and truly stress-tested” last year as it tackled unprecedented increases in input costs – as well as the lingering effects of the...
Former YM director calls for investigation into group's affairs
A former director of YM Group has gone public with his concerns about the way the business was being run long before its web division collapsed and the group went into administration – and claims...