Print buying

Polestar could pre-pack again according to a Sky News report.

Stephens & George is making a multimillion-pound investment in new Muller Martini equipment for its bindery in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest finishing spend for a decade.

The Michael Green-backed bid for Tangent Communications has been declared unconditional, meaning the PLC will soon revert to being a family-owned business.

YM Group is adding to the capabilities of its Lettershop operation with a Goss Sunday 4000 web.

Leach signed for a new Durst Rho 512R on the opening day of Fespa Digital – its first 5m-wide machine.

DataLase is targeting big brands with its innovate laser marking technology that allows ‘inkless’ digital printing for versioning and personalisation at very high speeds.

A bidding war is underway for Tangent Communications after the Michael Green-backed Bidco team upped its offer for the business in the face of the rival Writtle deal that is on the table.

The Tangent takeover saga looks to be over – Writtle Holdings has thrown in the towel and will not increase its offer for Tangent Communications.

Sales at Communisis have leapfrogged those of St Ives after the group reported a sixth consecutive year of growth.

Polestar has renewed its contract to print two weekly supplements for Guardian News & Media, but will lose two others because the publisher is going to print them in-house.

Writtle Holdings has gone on the offensive over its potential bid for Tangent Communications, and has publicly complained about the lack of information forthcoming from directors at the PLC.

An outcry over plans by the House of Lords to stop printing on vellum has generated such a storm that the tradition now appears likely to continue.