Gravure

Circle Media Group’s Hélio Charleroi gravure printing business has filed for bankruptcy.

Printing of Hello! magazine has returned to the UK through a new deal inked with Liverpool gravure printer Prinovis.

Walstead Group has appointed investment banker NM Rothschild to advise on future financing options that will satisfy the group’s appetite for more M&A deals.

Walstead has further European buys in its sights after posting a huge jump in turnover in the first full year of consolidated results for the existing group.

In the latest consolidation move in the high-volume printing arena CirclePrinters has made another acquisition, and has also set its sights on possible buys in the UK.

Polestar’s administrators were forced to take legal action against one of the failed print group’s biggest publishing clients in order to recoup a seven-figure sum.

Walstead Group has filed its first set of results as a consolidated entity encompassing all of its UK and continental operations, and has also reasserted its ambition to acquire more businesses.

A year on from the collapse of Polestar, UK printers remain hopeful of winning back some of the work that migrated to the continent – and remained there – after the group’s failure.

Continental groups CirclePrinters and Roto Smeets are to merge, in European print’s latest consolidation play.

A former Polestar executive has had a hand in the latest continental consolidation play in web offset.

Glamour magazine, which pioneered the 'handbag-size' format is ditching the dinky edition in favour of a new, larger size that reflects today’s “more luxurious and indulgent” print experience.

Walstead has appointed the former CEO of CirclePrinters as the new head of its Spanish business.