Companies & suppliers

Polestar has moved quickly to begin restructuring its freshly-expanded operations after last month's purchase of the Goodhead businesses.

Manroland Web Systems has received the first orders of its One Touch press control system, which combines tablet technology and touchscreens with the manufacturer's printing unit control software.

Vivid Laminating Technologies has launched an automatic feeder that can be retrofitted to its Matrix MX-530 multilingual single side laminators.

Northern California-based trade printer Moquin Press has purchased a new Vutek GS3250 LX LED grand-format UV digital inkjet printer from Heidelberg to help drive its packaging business.

Edwards Brothers Malloy has purchased a new 40" Heidelberg Speedmaster offset sheetfed press to meet growing demand for mid-range four-color book runs.

Kodak has received an offer in excess of the required $500m for its digital imaging patents, according to reports.

East London printer Blackhammer has ceased trading with all staff made redundant, following the appointment of administrators last month.

Packaging designer P4CK unveiled its new drinks carrier, the CarryBar, manufactured by Benson Group, to the 90,000-strong audience on 17 November at the QBE International England versus Australia...

Howard Hunt will install eight Kodak Versamark DH9100 printheads next month to wrap up a 3.5m spend that does not include the Kodak Prosper 5000XL installed in early 2011.