Web offset
Pre-Christmas closure for Petty press hall
Polestar Petty will cease printing on 20 December, according to local reports.
Web offset capacity crunch to continue
An “unprecedented” squeeze on UK web offset capacity could last until Christmas, even though Polestar has now begun printing live jobs on its first 96pp web press.
KBA bolsters sales team with new hire
KBA (UK) has appointed Mark Francis as area sales manager for Wales, the Midlands and the North West regions.
KBA adds wide web digital and partners with HP
KBA has launched the widest full-colour digital web press yet, the RotaJet L-Series.
Senior Polestar director leaves group
Polestar has parted company with one of its longest-serving directors.
Wyndeham signals end of the line for Heron
Wyndeham Group has begun a 45-day consultation at its loss-making Heron site that could mean the end of print production at the factory.
Wyndeham owner 'confident' about prospects
Walstead Investments has released its first results since the loss of the IPC Media contract, and has revealed that it has secured new work from e-tailers to help mitigate the lost volume.
KBA acts to right-size web ops
KBA has agreed measures to dramatically downsize two manufacturing facilities related to its web offset press business.
Wyndeham makes short-grain move
Wyndeham Group is entering a new area of the web offset market after deciding on the location for the ‘prize asset’ short-grain web press from Global MP.
Polestar poised to fire up first of its new webs
Polestar is set to begin printing on the first of its two new 96pp web presses at the end of this month.
Magazine ABCs show net circulation increase in first half of 2014
Average net magazine circulation in the UK increased by 1.2% to 33.4m in the first six months of 2014, despite a mixed performance by some of publishing's biggest brands.
New business areas starting to pay off for KBA
First-half sales are up at KBA, which came close to breaking even in the period.