Web offset

KBA (UK) has appointed Mark Francis as area sales manager for Wales, the Midlands and the North West regions.

KBA has launched the widest full-colour digital web press yet, the RotaJet L-Series.

Polestar has parted company with one of its longest-serving directors.

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.

KBA has agreed measures to dramatically downsize two manufacturing facilities related to its web offset press business.

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.

Average net magazine circulation in the UK increased by 1.2% to 33.4m in the first six months of 2014, despite a mixed performance by some of publishing's biggest brands.

First-half sales are up at KBA, which came close to breaking even in the period.

A white-knight bidder is poised to step in with a rescue deal for the stricken Global MP business.

Wyndeham Group will keep Southernprint open, despite the loss of the IPC Media contract, thanks to a new working time agreement with staff.