Print buying

Marstan Press celebrated 60 years in business yesterday with an open day for customers and staff at which it unveiled its latest investment.

GF Smith is set to become the exclusive UK stockist for Arctic Paper’s Munken Design grade.

Potts Print (UK) has won a three-year contract, which will be worth in excess of £300,000, for all the print and mailing for a prestigious theatre company.

Security printer Checkprint has secured a five-year contract extension to provide building society Nationwide Group branches with chequebooks and credit books.

The Color Company has set up a new distribution business, the Distribution Team, on the back of a major contract win with a household name.

Communisis has hit the M&A trail again and bolstered its creative services offering with two acquisitions.

Fluid Print has taken delivery of its first digital press, with installation of a new Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1070 underway at the company.

Artisan Press is the single-biggest creditor of Quorn House Publishing, which remains up for sale.

Fedrigoni has launched its new customer magazine, Pulp, with the first issue featuring a special section on digital printing.

Communisis has extended its managed services contract with consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble for a further five years.

Polestar is making headway on the extension to its Sheffield site that will house the first of its new web offset presses later this year.

IPC Media has renewed its pre-media contract with long-standing supplier Rhapsody.