Print buying

Woodford Litho confirms closure

Woodford Litho has officially gone into administration.

Gravure decline hits Polestar results

Sales at Polestar declined by almost £1m a month last year, with the continuing fall-off in newspaper circulations hitting its contract gravure supplement printing business.

Woodford Litho plans administration process

Woodford Litho is poised to go into administration in what is being described as a “managed process”.

Artisan Press shortfall tops £7m

The family owners behind Artisan Press are facing an investigation into the legal ownership of some associated farmland as part of the administration process, as it emerged the firm had an estimated...

GF Smith is new owner of Naturalis

GF Smith has acquired the Naturalis fine uncoated papers brand from the administrators of Tullis Russell.

Tangent warns on profits as Snowball disappoints

Tangent Communications has sacked the boss of its underperforming Tangent Snowball marketing agency and issued a profits warning for the full year.

ITG's Ward wins EY accolade

Inspired Thinking Group chief executive Simon Ward is up for EY’s nationwide Entrepreneur of the Year award after winning one of the regional heats.

Prinovis boosts binding set-up and gains IIP

Prinovis is expanding its in-house perfect binding capabilities by adding a Muller Martini Norm binder to its set-up.

No dividend for Paperlinx hybrid shareholders

Paperlinx has announced it will not pay a distribution on its step-up preference securities (PSPS) for the six months to 30 June.

Wyndeham buys Artisan bindery kit, wins Argos deal

Wyndeham Group has acquired Artisan’s key bindery assets and is setting up a new business unit on the back of a three-year deal with Argos.

Paperlinx Ireland sale finalised

Paperlinx has completed the sale of its Irish operations, which will now be renamed Graphic & Paper Merchants Ireland.

New 'batch' technique to speed up colour measurement

A new colour measurement device could dramatically reduce the time taken to check output and create profiles.