Former Polestar CEO Barry Hibbert, one of the industry’s most powerful and polarising figures, died aged 61... Historic papermaker Portals rocked the industry with the announcement that it was closing its Overton banknote paper mill at a cost of more than 300 jobs... Industry giant Xerox swooped to acquire Go Inspire as it looked to expand its Digital Services business worldwide... Park Communications was acquired by Graphius group, a long-standing family-owned print group headquartered in Belgium... Stephens & George Print Group signed off a £4m press and post-press spend as it looked to continue its automation journey and maintain its position as one of Europe’s most advanced magazine production sites... Manchester Printers Group acquired Chester-based business Signature Printing, its third acquisition in three months... Blackburn-based Lancashire Printing Co was bought out of liquidation by connected company Lancashire Foil & Print... Alan Peterson, sole director of rogue publisher Sage Media National, was banned from acting as a director for 11 years as a result of operating with “a lack of commercial probity”... Jack Thompson, a director at Kaps Finishing, set up a new business, JJ Prints, printing digital art pieces known as non-fungible tokens... PFI Group sealed its second deal in two months with the acquisition of Speedscreen...