Print buying

Marstan Press secures ISO colour standard
Marstan Press has crowned the installation of its new press by gaining Heidelberg ISO 12647-2 colour certification and joining the vendor’s Colour Club of accredited printers.

Personalised newspaper service launches
PaperLater, a service to create and mail users a bespoke newspaper based on online content, has been launched by The Newspaper Club.

Service Point UK leaves near-£100m shortfall
Unsecured creditors of Service Point UK are owed almost £40m and the company’s total deficiency is approaching £100m, according to official documents.

Antalis supports gorilla art project
Environmental art venture Project Hangup was supplied by Antalis for its latest work, a limited edition of linocuts to highlight the plight of the mountain gorilla.

Boden marks first as kids create their own covers
Boden has executed its most ambitious personalised catalogue campaign yet, by allowing children to create their own cover designs for the MiniBoden summer catalogue, in what is believed to be a first...

Wyndeham reorganises for life after IPC
Wyndeham Group will keep Southernprint open, despite the loss of the IPC Media contract, thanks to a new working time agreement with staff.

Callprint hits the acquisition trail with Premier deal
Callprint Group has acquired London-based digital print and repro rival Premier Reprographics to boost its presence in the capital and broaden its international reach.

Telegraph in TNT doordrop deal
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is adding a fresh, highly-targeted marketing option to its services through a new partnership with TNT Post Doordrop Media.

Print buyers seek out their perfect partners
“It’s a lot like online dating,” said Kathy Sletten, print manager at Estée Lauder, at a recent ‘An Audience with the Print Buyers’ talk. She was referring, slightly bizarrely you might think, to the...

Pre-packed Advent Colour's owner revealed
The new owner of Advent Colour, the circa £8m turnover Andover-based commercial printer sold in a pre-pack deal a month ago, has been revealed in documents filed at Companies House.