Publishing

Goss France could be placed in redressement judiciare, the French equivalent of administration, tomorrow morning according to local media reports.

Polestar has announced plans for a £50m spend on new web offset kit, including the first 96pp commercial web presses in the UK.

Goss International will simplify its organisational structure, reorganise its European operations and push into new markets, according to an internal memo from new chief executive Rick Nichols.

News International has agreed to pay Johnston Press £10m to prematurely terminate the last printing contract between the two publishers.

Tidewater Direct has installed a new six-unit Sunday 2000 press at its Centreville, MD facility as it targets greater market share in the high-quality color direct mail and inserts business.

Garnett Dickinson has restructured its board and is selling off one of its printing operations.

Technotrans has said it will unveil its new Loop 40 filtrations system for the heatset web offset market at North Print & Pack 2013.

Goss has completed demonstrations of its Sunday Vpak with an event focused on flexible packaging.

DG Press Machines will show a new variable sleeve web offset press for flexible packaging printing at LabelExpo 2013 in Brussels from 24-27 September.

Former Financial Times chairman Sir David Bell warned that the newspaper industry had a real fight on its hands as he gave the Stationers' Company Annual Lecture.