Publishing

Holmen adds lighter weight Uniq option
Holmen Paper aims to enhance its environmental appeal with a new lighter grammage version of its Uniq super-calendered paper.

Reach updates on trading
Reach has described print circulations as “resilient” in a trading update ahead of its year-end results, but there’s no update on its print plant rationalisation plans as yet.

OK! switches printer, launches beauty box
OK! magazine has become the latest high-profile title to switch from gravure to web offset printing.

Bell & Bain takes second K&B delivery and reveals acquisition
Bell & Bain has taken delivery of the second of its two new Rapida 145 large-format presses from Koenig & Bauer and has revealed it acquired press engineering specialist Lithotec Services earlier this...

Reach plans to close two plants
Reach is proposing to close the newest newspaper printing facility in the UK, with two of its print sites set for the chop with the potential loss of 150 jobs.

Newspaper print plants change hands
DMG Media has acquired JPIMedia’s three newspaper printing sites ahead of an expected sale of the rest of the regional publishing group.

Walstead plays waiting game on M&A, expects more rivals will fail
Walstead group chief executive Paul Utting believes it is “inevitable” that some competitors will fail when government coronavirus support packages come to an end, with the web and gravure markets...

Boss boosts digital options
Boss Print has upgraded its digital firepower with a new HP Indigo 7900 as it looks to expand its creative options and boost its bottom line.

Word imperfect: rapid reprint required
Susie Dent’s new book, Word Perfect, is being hastily reprinted after an incorrect version of the text was used by mistake.

HM Queen supports work of trusted news media
Her Majesty the Queen has sent a message of support to national and regional news publishers at the start of ‘Journalism Matters’ week.