Web offset

Walstead Group has bought one of the giant 96pp web offset presses previously installed at Polestar Sheffield.

Polestar’s administrators were forced to take legal action against one of the failed print group’s biggest publishing clients in order to recoup a seven-figure sum.

Walstead Group has filed its first set of results as a consolidated entity encompassing all of its UK and continental operations, and has also reasserted its ambition to acquire more businesses.

On the eve of celebrations to mark its 200th anniversary, KBA has reiterated its commitment to “profitable growth” by focusing on special press applications.

Tim Moscow has been appointed as managing director of Rhapsody following Les Pipe’s decision to step down.

St Ives has made another asset sale as part of its ongoing strategic review.

The failure of Headley Brothers appears likely to result in a £6m hit for the former family owners of the business.

Goss International, the US-based web offset press manufacturer, has added Illinois-based Loudon Machine to its group as part of a global strategy to grow its footprint in upgrades, parts and services.

Wyndeham Group has completed the consultation at its Bicester site, with 58 redundancies made as a result.

A year on from the collapse of Polestar, UK printers remain hopeful of winning back some of the work that migrated to the continent – and remained there – after the group’s failure.

The revamped YM Chantry site is now fully up and running, having commissioned the Goss Sunday 5000 64pp short-grain press at the site.

Wyndeham Group is proposing changes at its Bicester site that could result in up to 64 redundancies.