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Polestar to close Bicester web press
Polestar is planning to shut down one of the web presses at its Bicester plant.

MPD Offset boosts digital arm with Xerox iGen5 buy
Commercial printer MPD Offset has improved its productivity and quality after becoming the latest company to invest in a Xerox iGen5.

Mixed picture for St Ives half-year results
Operating profits from St Ives’ Strategic Marketing business have now grown to 56% of the group’s underlying profit. However costs associated with its string of acquisitions, along with restructuring...

Moonpig apologises again
Greetings card company Moonpig has apologised after customers complained of undelivered, late or damaged cards and gifts on Mother’s Day.

Overmatter: Guy goofs around
Who needs Chris Rock and the Oscars after-party when you’ve got Guy Gecht?

Killer app: Southernprint serves up tasty recipe for perforation
Readers of monthly food magazine Delicious are in for a treat this month because the Easter issue includes a uniquely produced run-of-paper (ROP) perforated 16pp pull-out section packed with an array...

Potts Print CEO steps aside to take strategic role
The chief executive of one of the North East's longest-established printers is stepping down after 20 years to focus on strategic aims, acquisitions and up to £4m of investment.

Management changes and investment plans at Taylor Bloxham Group
Print and marketing communications company Taylor Bloxham Group has shaken up its senior management and is looking at investment in direct mail, point-of-sale, fulfilment and maybe print.

Kall Kwik Romford celebrates 25th anniversary
A high-street print business is celebrating its 25th anniversary and puts its longevity down to competing against – and beating – internet services.

Finishing Solutions Liverpool in Kama first
The UK's first Kama ProFold 74 folder-gluer is due to be installed in the North West of England later this month to bring a sharper competitive edge on more specialist types of work.

EFI reveals more about Rialco acquisition
EFI has revealed more details about how it expects its acquisition of dye and colour products specialist Rialco to help expand its industrial inkjet business.

Company makes Quantum leap into digital
Quantum Print and Packaging is making the move into digital packaging printing with the purchase of a Ricoh C9100.

Visual Print & Design boosts capacity with Mutoh buy
Visual Print & Design has increased its production capacity by around 40% after investing in a Mutoh ValueJet 1324X.

Wyndeham loses Haymarket contract to William Gibbons
William Gibbons has wrestled the Haymarket consumer division’s web offset contract from Wyndeham Group, breaking a relationship that lasted half a century.

Bidding war over Tangent
A bidding war is underway for Tangent Communications after the Michael Green-backed Bidco team upped its offer for the business in the face of the rival Writtle deal that is on the table.