Publishing

Avantika ups ante with India's first Canon C7010: to produce one-lakh prints per day

Delhi-based digital specialist Avantika Printers has installed a Canon C7010s, the first of the newly launched machine in India, to meet increasing demand for digital print. This is also the third...

Quad/Graphics to close Buffalo plant as part of book printing consolidation

Quad/Graphics has said it will close its Buffalo, NY, book printing facility as part of a restructuring aimed at creating production and distribution efficiencies throughout its book manufacturing...

Polestar Colchester begins consultation over outsourced bindery deal

Polestar Colchester has begun consultation with 160 bindery staff following a proposal to outsource the function to Aktrion Group on a contract basis.

MPG unveils 3m digital book spend

MPG Books Group has announced a 3m investment in inkjet technology in a deal that underlines the "fundamental" shift from litho to digital in the short-run book printing sector.

Digital print technology has revitalised the book sector

In the past four weeks, the cover of <i>PrintWeek</i> has borne witness to some serious digital investment in the book sector - last month it was CPI UK and this week MPG.

Walstead completes acquisition of St Ives Web

Wyndeham Press Group-owner Walstead Investments has completed its 20m acquisition of St Ives Web.

St Ives shareholders seal Walstead deal to shed magazine arm

St Ives shareholders have unanimously approved the sale of the group's magazine wing to Walstead Investments.

Polestar in talks with US-based Sun Capital, reports claim

Polestar could be on the verge of being sold to a major US-based private equity group, according to reports.

Killer app: Artisan book a hands-on job

Westerham Press, the fine art printing division of the St Ives Group, has printed the David Shepherd Archive Collection.

Magic International in Greater Noida adds life to paper with a book factory

Magic International, the stationery and book printing firm in Greater Noida has expanded to it new facility in a three-storey unit housed in a one lakh sq/ft area. Ashish Batra, who is a director, is...