Stephens & George buys Pensord; SBS director joins Pureprint; Sealed Air invests in Highcon; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 06 December 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient]( [Today's top stories] [Stephens & George buys rival Pensord]( [Stephens & George buys rival Pensord]( Stephens & George (S&G) Print Group has acquired local rival Pensord Print Group and entrenched its position as the UK’s largest sheetfed magazine specialist. [SBS director taken on by Pureprint]( [SBS director taken on by Pureprint]( The former group sales director at SBS Print Group, which fell into administration and ceased trading in October, has been hired by Pureprint Group as an account director. [Sealed Air invests $8m in Highcon]( [Sealed Air invests $8m in Highcon]( Sealed Air Corporation has invested $8m (£6.55m) in Israeli digital post-press manufacturer Highcon, in what it said is in the context of “a strategic collaboration” between the two companies. [Canon and Reach make UK inclusive employers list]( Canon UK and Ireland and publisher Reach have made the cut for the ranking of the UK’s most inclusive employers. [Investors mull Polar opportunity]( A number of potential investors are running the rule over cutting equipment specialist Polar, with the business confident of a fresh future come next year. [Sponsored content] ["We’re Europe’s most cost-effective high-volume printer"]( ["We’re Europe’s most cost-effective high-volume printer"]( Craig Hall, who heads Em De Jong’s UK office, details how the high-volume printer offers the biggest range of formats, produced on the most up-to-date printing presses in the market. [Yesterday's most read] [Map Marketing in pre-pack]( [Royal Mail acts on Christmas post]( [HH sales top £1.5bn]( [Blogs] [Printer's devil: it's in the detail]( Contributing editor Jo Francis muses on the latest goings on in the print industry. [In this issue] [As usual your latest Printweek is crammed full of news roundups and thought-provoking features, with the second part in our MBO series taking centre stage in the October & November ‘Trade Secrets’ issue, where we look at deals from the buyer's perspective...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20Printweek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Print Finisher]( [Sales Desk Manager / Administrator - Signage]( [Business Development Manager | Large Format Print | South West]( [Account Manager]( [Estimator]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Buying with diligence]( [Buying with diligence]( In the second part of our focus on MBOs, we look at the buyer’s perspective and assess the advantages and pitfalls of buying the business you are working in. [Defend your dataÂ]( [Defend your data ]( Data held by firms is central to their continued existence and needs protection from those that would wish to abuse it. But while there are countless malevolent external actors, hackers and fraudsters, when looking closer to home not all firms properly protect information from abuse by employees. [Paper landscape taking new shape]( [Paper landscape taking new shape]( Do you know of Aurelius? This is not a quotation from the film Gladiator, it’s a reference to Aurelius Group, the huge investment business that owns a diverse range of businesses from comfy shoes brand Scholl to swishy yacht manufacturer Hanse. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Daco DF350SR 037 Flex]( When Ian Woodhead, managing director of Sudbury, Suffolk-based Anglia Labels, decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to bring more finishing functions in-house he knew exactly where to turn. [Star product: Scodix Ultra 6000]( This B1 digital packaging embellishment press can deliver a wide range of finishing effects and will fly through in minutes makereadies for complex jobs that would take hours on analogue alternatives. © MA Business Limited 2022. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Printweek Daily News emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.