Print buying

Outsourcer Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) has a new owner and is planning a “huge push” into the US market.

The European Commission has approved Advent International’s takeover of Williams Lea Tag, while a high-profile executive’s name has been linked with a future senior role at the group.

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.

ASG Worldwide is understood to be consulting with employees over the closure of its Slough operation.

De La Rue has scored something of a coup after securing a share of the polymer supply deal for the Bank of England’s new £20 note.

Immediate Media production director Mal Skelton has retired after 37 years in the publishing business.

Bottom line losses at St Ives have ballooned to £44.1m, and the group has reported a collapse in the profitability of its up-for-sale printing operations.

A high-profile investor has quietly increased his stake in Communisis to more than 22%.

St Ives’ Marketing Activation segment has lost its contract to produce in-store marketing materials for Sainsbury’s.

Landa Digital Printing has confounded the sceptics by achieving what some had deemed impossible – it now has a press up and running at a customer site, and the firm’s initial tranche of users has...

Trinity Mirror has confirmed that it could potentially acquire ALL of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets.

John Charnock has made a surprise return to print management, and has been appointed as the new managing director of Nicholson Bass, one of the oldest printing companies in Northern Ireland.