Print buying

Spectrum Printing purchases new Duetto Booklet System
Cardiff-based lithographic printer Spectrum Printing has invested in a new 600i Duetto Booklet System, to assist with new all-Wales printing service work for local councils.

News UK promotes coldset capabilities
News UK commercial wing Newssolutions is targeting its enhanced coldset offering at publishers looking for alternative production options due to events at Polestar.
Could Proventus have avoided this amount of pain?
Jo Francis wonders why Polestar's owners missed a crucial window of opportunity.

Bids in for Polestar operations
The future ownership of Polestar’s factories and assets remains up in the air as administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assess a number of bids for the business.

Hohner upgrades saddle-stitcher
German post-press supplier and manufacturer Hohner has announced that it has produced an upgrade and replacement to the HSB 8.000 saddle-stitcher.

Etrinsic founder Davies dies
Much-loved print company director and father of two Colin Davies has passed away aged 75.

Crunch time for Polestar plants
Polestar employees fear some factories ‘could shut down tomorrow’ if a buyer or buyers cannot be found for the businesses, as more redundancies are made at the group and a major publisher shifts...

Overmatter: bowing out
Regular readers may recall that Immediate Media paper manager Steve Wehrle is one of just a dozen ‘ever presents’ who’ve run every single London Marathon since the race’s inception in 1981.

Time Inc 'working closely' with Polestar administrator
Time Inc’s Guy Gleysteen has jetted into the UK to address the crisis in the publisher’s supply chain due to the situation at Polestar.

Print manufacturers react to IET Brexit warnings
UK print industry manufacturers Xaar and Morgana Systems have reacted to a claim that exiting the EU would be "a wholesale risk to engineering in the UK".