Magazines

Artisan situation still up-in-the-air

Artisan could cease printing at the end of this week, with an announcement about the future of the stricken business expected soon.

PCP boosts binding firepower with new Kolbus kit

Precision Colour Printing has more than doubled its perfect binding capacity with the installation of a new binding line from Kolbus.

Magazine Printing Company in pre-pack three months after ill-fated sale

Enfield-based The Magazine Printing Company (MPC) has been sold in a pre-pack administration to former owner Anthony Stokes.

Women’s weeklies and lifestyle titles continue decline in latest ABCs

Women’s weeklies and lifestyle titles have continued to experience a year-on-year circulation decline in the six months to December 2014, according to the latest report from the Audit Bureau of...

The Color Company (Cheltenham) boosts finishing side with Stahlfolder and Muller buys

Magazine and commercial printer The Color Company (Cheltenham) has invested around £300,000 in a Heidelberg Stahlfolder BH 56 and a Muller Martini stitching line.

Fresh publishing challenge for Dunstall

Kevin Dunstall’s newest venture involves a publishing company that prints tens of thousands of magazines a month.

Charlie Hebdo print run upped to 3m, printer under wraps

A French printing industry expert has told PrintWeek that the country’s security services have asked for the identity of the printer of this week’s Charlie Hebdo “survivors’ issue” be kept under wraps...

Charlie Hebdo suspects die as police storm French printco building

French authorities appear to have ended the siege and freed the hostage at French printco Création Tendance Découverte (CTD), where terrorist suspects accused of the shooting at French satirical...

Williams Press (Berks) closes its doors

Commercial printer Williams Press (Berks) has fallen into administration, resulting in the loss of 62 jobs.

Polestar lauds power of print with TV listings task

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert has hailed print as being “on the up” after the production of this year’s Christmas TV listings guides.

Caledonian Paper mulls 96pp investment

Polestar’s new 96pp web presses have resulted in an investment dilemma for UPM Caledonian Paper.

William Gibbons back in production after fire

William Gibbons joint managing director Mark Gibbons has praised the “superb” response of firefighters and the firm’s employees after a fire destroyed one of the company’s web presses.