Polestar has appointed two key suppliers for its new greenfield gravure plant.

Polestar Purnell's future is in the hands of its staff, following the talks between the print group's management and the GPMU (PrintWeek 4 March).

Direct mail specialist Howard Hunt Group is installing the UKs first EMC Conquest inserting system at its Dartford plant.

Newsquest Oxford has become the first UK newspaper printer to install Creo thermal platesetters.

Lscher has made a move into the flexo CTP market buying UK direct engraving equipment firm Zed Instruments.

Reproflex 3 has become the first firm in the world to take an end-to-end flexo pre-press set-up from Creo.

Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) has launched its scalable storage system ExaStore to the UK and European market.

Colour Systems has been involved in a project to eliminate hard copy proofs from the production of <i>Readers Digest</i>s European editions.

Technique Business Systems is in the final stage of installing what is believed to be the UKs largest single site deployment of shop-floor data collection for Scorpio Print Finishing.

Security print specialist The TALL Group has secured a deal to acquire the customer base of De La Rues Peterborough-based special cheque printing business.