Print buying

Heidelberg’s Drupa exhibit will focus on customer demands caused by the industrialisation of printing, under the banner theme of ‘Simply Smart’.

De La Rue has announced plans to reduce its banknote production and invest more in passport work, after completing its manufacturing footprint review.

Polestar has brought in Deloitte to advise on a new financial structure for the group in the face of downgraded forecasts for the performance of the business.

Direct marketing and communications company GI Solutions has further diversified its offering by launching a creative and artworking agency to target multiple sectors.

Bell & Bain has embarked upon a multimillion-pound investment programme, including the first Horizon Smart Binding System in Europe and a new KBA Rapida 145 large-format litho press.

Blackmore Group has won KBA’s annual 1814 Production Excellence Award.

De La Rue is to implement a major restructure of its print manufacturing footprint in a bid to save £13m a year and reduce excess capacity.

Operating profits at Tangent’s print business have crashed by 95% from £1m to just £50,000.

Royal Mail’s revenues from marketing mail grew by 3% in the first half of the year, boosted by an increase in DM spend and in its own data activities.

One of the UK’s largest regular catalogue jobs should have a new printer by the end of the month.

Newsprint and magazine papermaker Norske Skog is attempting to restructure its near $1bn (£660m) debt, in the hope of avoiding a “comprehensive balance sheet restructuring”.

It’s the end of the line for lads’ mags FHM and Zoo. Publisher Bauer has announced that it has suspended publication of both titles.