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Gravure: “severe imbalance between supply and demand”

BPG to close loss-making gravure plant

Bertelsmann Printing Group (BPG) has announced the planned closure of another gravure plant, reflecting a decade of structural decline in the European gravure market.

YM: absorbing DMG's supplements has had a knock-on effect on commercial work

YM in ‘perfect storm’

A high-level team from DMG Media held an emergency meeting at YM Chantry yesterday, with the print group battling against another breakdown on a key press.

Koenig & Bauer: focus on growth markets including packaging

K&B highlights customer interest in 'total cost of process'

Koenig & Bauer has filed a big increase in orders in Q3, stating that “customers’ spending reticence is beginning to fade in many areas”.

Walstead: plants in UK, central Europe, and Spain

Walstead reports on 'year like no other'

Walstead Group has reported pandemic-impacted results that knocked nearly a third off its UK sales, with chairman Mark Scanlon stating that the overall business is now “leaner and more adaptable” as a...

Weekend and You: three YM plants involved in production

YM starts printing mega Mail job

All eyes in the high-volume market are on YM Group this weekend as the business starts printing the Mail supplements a week earlier than initially envisaged, and after recovering from the breakdown of...

Weekend supplement retrospective

New-look Guardian package this weekend

Guardian News & Media is set to publish revamped supplements this weekend as part of cost-cutting measures announced last year.

Gas prices have rocketed. Image: ENA

Energy crisis could mean print price surcharges

The energy crisis currently impacting a raft of industries across the UK could result in price surcharges for customers of energy-intensive print operations such as heatset web offset, where firms...

Bertelsmann: market-related decline in revenue at print wing

Sales down, profits up at BPG

Media and services giant Bertelsmann has reported first half results that include the reshaping of its gravure printing operations on the continent.

May issue: £1.44m in Retail Sales Value

Record sales for BBC Gardeners' World mag

Immediate Media is celebrating after the May issue of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine achieved record sales.

The landmark clock tower on Ascot Road. Image: Google Maps

Sun Clock Tower saved from demolition

Watford local history buffs and printing industry connections of the once-mighty Sun Printers are celebrating after the Planning Inspectorate rejected plans to demolish the landmark Sun Clock Tower.