Books

Former Polestar book site calls in administrators

Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing facility, has fallen into administration just under a year after it was bought in an MBO following the collapse of Polestar.

KMS Litho brings book finishing in-house with Fastbind

Oxfordshire commercial printer KMS Litho has added a Fastbind perfect binder and casemaker to its factory in order to boost its in-house finishing capability and offer outsourced bindery to local...

Digital Book Printing Forum returns to London

US-based Interquest has announced details of its seventh annual London Digital Book Printing Forum.

Record year for UK publishing

2016 was a record-breaking year for the UK publishing industry, according to the latest figures from the Publishers Association.

'Finishing 4.0' world first for Bell & Bain

Bell & Bain is to dramatically increase bindery throughput with a £1m-plus investment in a bespoke Muller Martini solution that will be a world first.

Boss Print launches new colour process

West London-based Boss Print has launched a new litho colour process that offers photographic, continuous tone-like image quality based on an expanded colour gamut with high definition screening.

Wartime escape map-printer book to launch

The story of a man who printed escape maps during the Second World War after using shower tiles to construct a lithographic press is to be published in book form.

Struggling St Ives could sell off all its print ops

St Ives has effectively hoisted a ‘for sale’ sign over its £220m-plus turnover print operations, with the group’s management pledging to take “decisive action” to restore its fortunes.

Bonacia upgrades NexPress to produce A4 landscape books

Peterborough printer Bonacia has invested more than £300,000 on a new Kodak NexPress ZX3900 digital colour press.

St Ives hit by contract loss

St Ives has been dealt another blow with the loss of its contract to produce monochrome books for HarperCollins, which will result in a multimillion-pound hit to the group’s sales and profits.

Clients report history repeating itself at UK Print

UK Print, the company that rose from the ashes of the liquidated Houseprint, appears to be mirroring the practices of its former incarnation with clients reporting missing or late orders.

Printwell rounds off £1m investment with iGen install

Commercial printer Printwell UK has invested £1m in a range of new equipment, including the second Xerox iGen 5 digital press in the country to be installed with all three of its fifth colour...