Polestar proposes Colchester closure
Polestar has entered into consultation with employees at its Colchester web offset plant over the proposed closure of the site.
Polestar has entered into consultation with employees at its Colchester web offset plant over the proposed closure of the site.

Click here to test your knowledge of all things print with this fun end-of-year quiz
Finishing equipment manufacturer Kern has added a number of modules to its K90 card system.
Alpha Colour Printers has landed a three-year contract expanding its print work for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Gloucestershire and the 2gether trust.
Tour operator Kuoni has teamed up with Aurasma to add digital interativity to its New Year campaign, with a feature that enables a viewer to call directly from the page.
European printing association Intergraf has thrown its support behind new trade show Ecoprint.
For the first time the PrintWeek annual Top 500 is available online with sortable tables.
Marc Olin, senior vice president and general manager, EFI
Ralph Hilsdon, head of product marketing, Agfa graphics
Martin Bailey, chief technology officer, Global Graphics - developer of the Harlequin RIP
Gerard Heanue, managing director, Heidelberg UK
The Green Issue
PrintWeek dedicated its briefing, features and Product portfolio sections to sustainable printing.



An in-depth analysis of an innovative sector that's going from strength to strength.
Star product: Stehlin Hostag glass flake Stehlin Hostag's glass flake pigment coating gives a sparkly finish, which, because it has a transparent core, can be applied on top of any coloured ink.
Me & my: Duplo DC 745 It's fair to say that most children of around the age of five are not the greatest artists the world has seen. Houses tend to look like they are suffering heavy subsidence, people are bloated around the middle yet have limbs thinner than value wrappi...
Star Product: Trelleborg Vulcan Aqueous blanket This metal-backed printing blanket increases efficiency while reducing costs
Me and my: Digital Information Preproofer Taylor Bloxham's busy, buzzing sheetfed printing factory is a hive of activity - the facility operates 24/7 and can produce 17m A4 pages day.
Me & my: Canon imagePress C6010VP Most people grumble about their commute to work when it's a 20-minute car journey down the local A-road. Keith D'Arcy Ryan, co-owner of Swindon-based Copy Colour, has to go a bit further than that: his permanent residence is in Sweden.
Me & my: Horizon BQ160 A three-floor, 200-year-old ex-bakery sat in the middle of a conservation area is probably not the first place you'd look for a print business. Yet 10 miles south of Cambridge in the village of Linton, this is exactly where you find Plumridge Print, ...
PrintWeek is the highest-circulating and most widely read printing-industry title in the UK, providing a true cross section of the industry. Every week, it goes out to more than 12,000 print professionals, ranging from small and medium enterprises to the UK's largest and most influential printing firms.
