Print buying

Prinovis UK was among the winners at the recent European Rotogravure Association (ERA) awards.

Grafenia’s new initiatives, including cross-media studio Nettl, are “making progress” according to an update from the PLC.

Marketing services is now a near-£100m business for St Ives, while like-for-like print sales have nudged up after the group’s exit from commodity print markets.

Wyndeham Group has begun a 45-day consultation at its loss-making Heron site that could mean the end of print production at the factory.

Walstead Investments has released its first results since the loss of the IPC Media contract, and has revealed that it has secured new work from e-tailers to help mitigate the lost volume.

Integrity Print has acquired the equipment from Wyndeham Print Direct, and could take on some of the plant’s former workers.

Banknote and security printer De La Rue has issued a profits warning citing falling margins in its core businesses and slow growth in new business areas, wiping close to 30% off its share price.

York Mailing Group has made its first non-print acquisition as it looks to build a data analytics division.

Wyndeham Group is entering a new area of the web offset market after deciding on the location for the ‘prize asset’ short-grain web press from Global MP.

Polestar is set to begin printing on the first of its two new 96pp web presses at the end of this month.

Global MP has left a total shortfall of more than £13m, with trade suppliers among some of the hardest hit by the firm’s collapse.

The Delta Group has installed two new Durst wide-format machines, significantly boosting it’s roll-to-roll capacity and enabling it to bring soft-signage production inhouse for the first time.