Web offset

Barry Hibbert, one of the industry’s most powerful and polarising figures, has died aged 61.

Sappi has added litho and digital reel options to its flagship Magno range after rebranding its Royal Roto products.

Community running and physical activity organisation Parkrun has launched its own, free magazine citing the mental health benefits of being away from screens in “an increasingly digital world”.

YM Group owed Pricoa £51m when its three web offset businesses collapsed into administration in March, and while YM’s directors are yet to provide a statement of affairs the initial estimates from...

Walstead Group will restart the York Mailing site next month as it tests the waters over customer demand in the commercial web market.

Walstead Group has sealed a deal to print the Telegraph’s weekend supplements with production set to switch later this month.

Walstead has enlisted the help of former YM Group chief operating officer Mike Newbould Junior to help pinpoint customers looking for future print supply options after YM’s web division collapsed.

Koenig & Bauer has reduced its Q1 losses on sales that were slightly down on 2021, while flagging that ongoing supply chain uncertainties meant it could not provide a reliable forecast for the full...

Walstead’s deal to buy at least seven web offset presses from the collapsed YM web division has resulted in feverish industry speculation about what happens next.

Walstead Group has acquired most of the assets of YM Group’s shuttered web offset businesses in administration – and could reboot one of the factories if customer support makes it viable.