Wyndeham has retained all 23 titles currently printed at Southernprint and picked up an additional 22 titles in the tender.

IPC manufacturing director Jasper Scott said that Wyndeham's acquisition of Southernprint in July last year had made it "the deserved frontrunner" to win the tender.

Scott added that the decision was based on a range of key criteria, including resource, technology and investment proposals, business continuity plans, scheduling and account handling processes, and pricing and cost/resource efficiency proposals.

"All criteria have been geared towards achieving true partnership over the long term," he said.

The three-year contract, which is estimated to be worth up to £10m a year, includes the notable repatriation of Marie Claire magazine, which is currently printed at Prinovis's Nuremberg site in Germany.

The result of the long-awaited print tender, which was initially expected to be announced in October, was delayed in part by IPC's restructure late last year.

This led to the appointment of Charlie Meredith in the role of managing director of Central Operations in January.

Meredith said: "I'm delighted at this early point in my new role that we have been able to complete this tender process and award the business to Wyndeham, which offers a strong and thoroughly modern portfolio of print solutions that best suits our titles moving forward."

Following completion of the current contract on 1 July, St Ives will no longer print any titles for IPC.

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