Publishing

Walstead Investments chairman Mark Scanlon has described competitors in the web offset market as "totally supine", while unveiling full-year results for 2011.

On Demand Machinery (ODM) has installed Vortec Thread Guard needle coolers on its Super Sewer machines.

Digital colour printing is an opportunity for book printers to win back work that is currently being offshored, according to speakers at last week's annual London Digital Book Printing Forum.

Goss International has made a surprise move to replace its chief executive, with Richard Nichols taking over from Jochen Meissner with immediate effect.

Printed magazines have a healthy future, according to recent research from YouGov SixthSense, which found that 40% of UK magazine buyers prefer print to digital.

Holmen Paper has added Holmen TRND uncoated papers to its product line.

Drying system manufacturer Benford UV has successfully retrofitted an end-of-press and interdeck UV drying solution to a KBA Rapida 162A sheet-fed press at Victoria Litho.

Guardian News & Media (GNM) could be forced to make compulsory redundancies as early as this autumn to stem losses of nearly 1m a week, according to a <i>Sunday Times</i> report.

Trinity Mirror has broadened the reach of its Scottish Metro newspaper by announcing that the title will be distributed in Aberdeen from next Monday (25 June).

US-based web printing control system specialist Innolutions has launched a cloud-based, pay-as-you-go ink presetting system that is compatible with any sheetfed or web offset press.