Web offset

Westdale Press has exited the web offset market after taking up a “fantastic opportunity” to sell its web press to a continental printer.

A revamp at Cosmopolitan will see the magazine switch to a new ‘midi’ print format.

Allison Printers has boosted business after investing in its second “low cost” Hans Gronhi Sanxin press.

KBA is optimistic about its prospects for the full year, although it has a way to go to hit its €1bn (£708m) annual sales target.

Woodford Litho has officially gone into administration.

Sales at Polestar declined by almost £1m a month last year, with the continuing fall-off in newspaper circulations hitting its contract gravure supplement printing business.

Woodford Litho is poised to go into administration in what is being described as a “managed process”.

The family owners behind Artisan Press are facing an investigation into the legal ownership of some associated farmland as part of the administration process, as it emerged the firm had an estimated...

It’s the end of the line for Artisan Press after administrators at Deloitte confirmed there was no interest in the company as a going concern.

Artisan could cease printing at the end of this week, with an announcement about the future of the stricken business expected soon.

A new paper agent has emerged from the ashes of Paperlinx UK, and the firm has teamed up with newly independent German mill Feldmuehle Uetersen.

UPDATED: Artisan Press has gone into administration with Deloitte, just three months after the family owners announced a three-year plan to “right size” the business.