Books

US-based Interquest has announced the seminar speakers and guests who will be appearing at its sixth annual London Digital Book Printing Forum, which is being held on the 28 June.

More than 150 jobs have been saved following a management buyout of the Polestar Stones and Wheatons sites.

HP has sealed a huge Japanese deal for a new books-on-demand factory at Drupa, and has also announced a collaboration with packaging giant Smurfit Kappa for its upcoming C500 corrugated solution.

Ashford Colour Press has become the first company to purchase Domino’s new K630i digital booklet system, in a deal worth approximately €750,000 (£590,000).

Fujifilm (Hall 8b, A25) has partnered with US-based Epac Technologies to create '5D printing', an automated system for the print industry targeted particularly at high-quality book manufacturing.

The future ownership of Polestar’s factories and assets remains up in the air as administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assess a number of bids for the business.

Litho and digital printer Opal Print has invested in Air Motion Systems (AMS) LED UV technology.

St Ives shares almost halved to a new 52-week low after the group warned on profits for this financial year and next.

Italian web-to-print specialist Pixartprinting has launched a book to accompany its blog, Pixarthinking.

Polestar UK Print and Polestar Stones-Wheatons have gone into administration, a month after the pre-pack sale of the group to Proventus.

BPIF chief executive Charles Jarrold expects to see even more entries than last year to the 2016 British Book Design & Production Awards (BBD&PAs).

Komori has partnered with Screen to add a colour inkjet web offering to its nascent digital press line-up.