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News UK seals supplement deal with Walstead
Walstead Group has confirmed it has won the contract to produce the News UK supplements currently printed at Prinovis in Liverpool.

David Holland RIP
David Holland, who held a wide range of executive roles during a pivotal period for the printing industry, has died aged 75.

Bertelsmann reports on 2022
Media giant Bertelsmann has posted record sales, but it’s been a tough year for its printing division.

Komori's Sutton to retire
Neil Sutton will retire at the end of this month after a near-30-year career at Komori, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of his send-off.

Fujifilm launches new thermal platesetters
Fujifilm has launched a new range of Luxel thermal platesetters for offset plate production, putting a total of five new machines on the market.

YM web admins extended, figures updated
A YM Group newspaper industry client was a major creditor of its failed web division, Printweek can reveal.

Walstead confirms plans for 64pp short-grain
Walstead Group has decided on the future location of one of the key assets acquired from YM Group’s web division, with the 64pp short-grain Sunday 5000 press set to be installed at one of its UK...

Prinovis news shifts supplier landscape
Continental printers are hoping to pick up work as a result of next year’s closure of Prinovis UK – while Walstead Group expects that many of the products currently printed gravure will transition to...

Prinovis UK to close due to market decline and spiralling costs
It’s the end of an era for publication gravure printing in the UK with news that the last remaining exponent – Prinovis in Liverpool – is to close.

Immediate culls jobs, closes title as costs balloon amid economic woes
Radio Times publisher Immediate Media is closing one magazine and making more than 50 people redundant in the face of a “steep decline” in trading and a £9m increase in costs including paper and...