Print buying

Walstead Group has bought one of the giant 96pp web offset presses previously installed at Polestar Sheffield.

Heidelberg is upping production of its Primefire 106 B1 sheetfed inkjet press in the face of an “overwhelming” market reaction to the device.

Cimpress has announced a major restructure at its flagship Vistaprint operation alongside its Q1 results.

Start-up British software company Daena has made its debut at Ipex with an innovative solution for automating repetitive pre-media tasks in packaging artwork that could also have wider applications.

HH Global has acquired PostNL Print Management (PPM), the print management arm of the Dutch postal and logistics service.

CeWe has acquired another German printer amid speculation that the web-to-print and photo gift business could be looking to acquire in the UK, as well.

De La Rue has entered into a new strategic partnership with Opalux, a specialist producer of smart materials for security printing applications.

Polestar’s administrators were forced to take legal action against one of the failed print group’s biggest publishing clients in order to recoup a seven-figure sum.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook re-lived some student memories when he visited the Iggesund Paperboard paper mill and forest in Sweden earlier this month.