Web offset

Polestar’s new 96pp web presses have resulted in an investment dilemma for UPM Caledonian Paper.

William Gibbons joint managing director Mark Gibbons has praised the “superb” response of firefighters and the firm’s employees after a fire destroyed one of the company’s web presses.

Polestar Colchester has become the latest casualty of the group’s consolidation of its web offset facilities.

Polestar Petty will cease printing on 20 December, according to local reports.

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 (UK) has appointed Mark Francis as area sales manager for Wales, the Midlands and the North West regions.

KBA has launched the widest full-colour digital web press yet, the RotaJet L-Series.

Polestar has parted company with one of its longest-serving directors.

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.

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 has agreed measures to dramatically downsize two manufacturing facilities related to its web offset press business.

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.