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Who'll be buying big at Drupa?

Given the amount of excitement that's already emerged in the run-up to Drupa, with the latest announcements from Landa being a case in point, I wonder what else the show will have in store for us in the way of mega-news? Apart from all the new kit and new technology news from the manufacturers, an...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-30-2012
Web offset triple-whammy

For a fully-paid up member of the web offset watcher's society, last week's deluge of news was really something. The dust has barely begun to settle on the swathe of announcements from the 'big three' in publication printing: Wyndeham (remember they are now the UK's biggest web offset...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 01-10-2012
Mysterious moves

I first met Peter Andreou six years ago at a Polestar bash. Barry Hibbert introduced him, and described him as "a future chief executive of Polestar". Intriguing, no? This is the sort of snippet that I tend to squirrel away in one of the many pockets of my print anorak. One never knows when...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 10-28-2011
Print buyers – have you missed the bus?

I was wet and fed up! It was a day when it was pouring with rain. I had planned to catch the bus in to a client meeting. And now here I was cursing. Because the bus had been full! It had sped past without stopping – and showering me with more water into the bargain. So now I faced an embarrassing call...

Posted to A Print Buyer's Perspective (Weblog) by Matthew Parker on 09-12-2011
Supplementary benefits

The bank holiday weekend is almost upon us. In response to what appears to be the new normal in summer weather trends, my thoughts are turning to woolly jumpers, thermal socks, and perhaps a scarf and hat. I plan to spend part of the weekend curled up under a blanket with my just-arrived facsimile copy...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 08-26-2011
Is that it?

While in no way wishing to belittle the prospect of 150 people losing their jobs, my reaction to news of Polestar's latest restructuring plan was ‘is that it?' Chief exec Barry Hibbert has talked boldly of closing down unprofitable presses, and removing 25% of the group's web offset capacity...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 06-28-2011
A match made at Wembley?

Will events at Wembley over the bank holiday weekend have implications here in print? I think they just might. If the latest rumours are correct then the widely-speculated about coming together of Polestar and BGP will happen sooner rather than later. Stung after missing out on the St Ives magazine division...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 05-31-2011
Sun not shining for Polestar pensioners

Six years ago I wrote a news story about Polestar's latest set of results, in which I quoted someone who spends all day poring over company accounts, thus: "Unless this superplant prints money it's difficult to see how they won't have to restructure their debt again. This business is...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-19-2011
Polestar pitch is hard sell

A further noteworthy aspect of all the current shenanigans in publication printing, specifically with Polestar's in-process refinancing, is where we're at now compared to the last time the group refinanced, or indeed the time before that. Previously, I imagine that a big part of the Polestar...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-06-2011
Intriguing change in banking sentiment

One of the many noteworthy aspects of last week's Walstead/St Ives web deal is that Walstead is now being financed by Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to this Walstead's activities had been funded by the asset-based lending wing of Bank Leumi of Israel. Leumi was a new name to me when it first appeared...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-22-2011

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