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Listing of all 175 news releases from Polestar:

Polestar and IPC Media sign production contract

In a deal worth in excess of GBP100m, Polestar and IPC Media have signed a five-year contract for the production of 11 titles within the TX, Connect and Ignite magazine portfolios.

News from Polestar ( 1 September 2008)

Polestar wins travel brochures deal after bid

Polestar Applied Solutions has been appointed Stella Travel Services as a preferred partner, following a competitive tendering process over the last three months.

News from Polestar (21 July 2008)

Carbon Footprint Conference Draws 65 Companies

Representing over 65 organisations, 200 customers and suppliers have registered to attend Polestar's first environmental conference.

News from Polestar (27 June 2008)

Polestar Buys Quebecor's Assets From Corby Site

Polestar has acquired the assets from Quebecor World's operation in Corby, Northamptonshire (UK) following the business's entry in to administration two months ago.

News from Polestar (10 June 2008)

Polestar Seals 3-Year Deal - Guardian News Stays

The Observer monthly and weekly magazines in the UK will be printed by Polestar for a further three years in a new contract awarded by Guardian News and Media.

News from Polestar (21 May 2008)

Polestar Petty Enhances Post-Press Efficiency

Twelve Jobfeed hopper loader and stream feeders have been installed by Polestar Petty to enhance the efficiency of its post-press department.

News from Polestar ( 1 May 2008)

Another Polestar Site Gains FSC Accreditation

Polestar Colchester in the UK has become the penultimate company in the group to achieve FSC accreditation.

News from Polestar ( 4 April 2008)

Stock Management, Traceability Boost At Polestar

Polestar has claimed that it has improved the management and ability to trace production items and standardised stock handling procedures at its gravure printing plant in Sheffield (UK).

News from Polestar (26 March 2008)

Polestar Training Helps Emap And Bauer Production

Polestar has seen 14 production executives from Emap Communications and Bauer Consumer Media complete a six-month diploma with the help of iPods.

News from Polestar (24 March 2008)

Polestar Applied Solutions Strengthens Management

Two senior executives have been appointed by Polestar Applied Solutions to strengthen its mailing services business following a GBP1.4 million investment in digital colour and cross media services.

News from Polestar (26 February 2008)

Staff Accepts Print Closure At Polestar Greaves

The Polestar Group's proposal to cease printing at its Polestar Greaves operation has been accepted by the company's employees.

News from Polestar (29 January 2008)

Polestar To Stop Magazine Printing In Scarborough

Polestar is to close printing operations at Polestar Greaves in Scarborough (UK) to consolidate its gravure printing facilities in two, rather than three factories.

News from Polestar (15 January 2008)

Polestar's New Variable And Digital Print Systems

Polestar's Nottingham and Exeter (UK) operations have been strengthened with new variable colour and cross media systems, as well as digital mono printing production capacity increased by 50 per cent.

News from Polestar ( 7 January 2008)

Polestar Wins New BBC Children's Magazine Deals

Two new children's magazines from UK publisher BBC Magazines that were launched last month have been added to Polestar Colchester's portfolio of titles it prints for that company.

News from Polestar (11 October 2007)

Polestar Wheaton's Stalwart MD Brown To Retire

Bob Brown, Polestar Wheaton's long-standing managing director is to retire in October, to be replaced by Polestar's group planning manager, Andrew Lee.

News from Polestar (23 August 2007)

Wyndeham Group Sales Chief To Move To Polestar

Assuming a senior sales and account management role, Wyndeham Press Group's group sales director, Jon Hearnden will join UK printing group Polestar later this year.

News from Polestar ( 7 August 2007)

Polestar Petty Produces TV Times as A/B/C/D Split

 User application article   Following a request from IPC Media, a special edition of TV Times has been produced by Polestar Petty as an A/B/C/D split, featuring four different covers equally distributed throughout the run

News from Polestar ( 4 July 2007)

MP Presents Polestar's Environmental Honours

Polestar Sheffield (UK) has had its environmental ISO 14001 and FSC accreditations presented during a visit by Sheffield Hillsborough MP, Angela Smith.

News from Polestar (25 June 2007)

Polestar Helps Promote UK Magazine Market

Polestar is supporting a cross-industry campaign in the UK to promote the magazine market, in association with the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) - Magazine Week.

News from Polestar (21 June 2007)

New Chairman For Polestar - Middelhof Returns

Polestar is readying itself for the return to the group of Dr Thomas Middelhoff as chairman with effect from the end of May.

News from Polestar (16 May 2007)

Polestar Combines GBP45m Businesses

Polestar Applied Solutions Builds And Streamlines

Third Polestar Firm Wins Forest Stewardship Award

Polestar's 12-Month Deal For Virgin Group Magazine

Polestar Wins Auto Industry Guide 3-Year Deal

Polestar Wins Newspaper Supplements Print Deal

Polestar Wins Windows Vista Magazine Contract

Polestar Sheffield Wins Environment Accreditations

Polestar Wins 3 More National Magazines Contracts

Polestar Strengthens Management Team

Polestar Direct Wins Forest Stewardship Award

New Owners For Polestar - GBP557m Debt Wiped Out

Polestar Colchester Wins Supplier Award

Polestar Recruits Former Boss To Head Varnicoat

Polestar Wins Top Educational Printing Deal

Reed Extends Polestar Procurement System Contract

Polestar Wins Two National Training Awards

BBC Puts Faith In Polestar With More Magazines

Europe Can Learn From Modern Printing

Polestar Wins Emap Print Deal With 3-Year Roll-Out

Polestar supports PrintIT! once again

Polestar's Rail Timetable And Web Publishing Deal

Polestar Apprentice Wins National Award Again

Polestar To Earn Cash For Client Charity

Polestar Regains Redwood Magazine Business

Polestar Buys Web-Based Production System

Polestar Recruits Another 20 Apprentices

Polestar Wins Another Trinity Mirror Magazine Deal

Health And Safety Award For Polestar Sheffield

Children's Charity Benefits From Polestar's Funds

Polestar Helps BBC Grow Children's Magazine Market

Polestar Chantry Installs First UK Cover System

Polestar's Long-Term Catalogue Print Deal

Polestar Apprentices Win String Of Awards

Polestar's 3 More Contracts Make It Number 1 In UK

Polestar Wins Weekly Magazine Contract

Polestar Wheatons Picks Up Three Awards

New Managers Join Polestar's Print Management

Polestar Moves Toys Catalogue Contract Back To UK

Aiming For GBP25,000 Charity Cash With Calendar

Polestar's Sales Chief Stops Full-Time Role

Polestar's HQ Redundancies To Go Ahead

Magazine Conference To hear From Polestar's Four

Polestar Boosts Newspaper Share With Major Deals

Polestar Sheffield Sees Return Of First MD

Printers Need Strategic Environmental Policies

Polestar Wins Three-Year Magazine Deal

70 Jobs To Go In Polestar HQ Reorganisation

Polestar Sheffield Impresses Newspaper Publishers

Reed Opts For Polestar's E-Procurement System

Polestar Sheffield MD Goes After Just 7 Months

Polestar's Sheffiled Wins Health And Safety Award

Polestar Sheffield Hosts Newspaper Seminar

Polestar's Weight Behind Print Yorkshire Showcase

Polestar Prints One-Off BBC-FT Joint Magazine

Polestar Seeks Undergraduate Recruits Again

Polestar Prints Two More Travel And Property Mags

Ex-MG Rover Man Takes Wheel At Polestar Petty

Polestar Adds French Publisher's New Mag To Roster

Polestar's Print Dynamics Taken Up By Travel Firm

Apprentices Finish Training 18 Months Early

Unions Accept Polestar Purnell Closure

Polestar Wins IPC Contract For New She Magazine

Polestar Gets On Its Bike With Tour de France Mag

Polestar's Training Boss Wins Educational Award

Polestar's Apprentice Learning Centre Opens

420 Jobs To Go As Polestar Purnell To Close

New Print Boss Heads Up Polestar Colchester

Second Gravure Press Commissioned At Polestar

First Sunday Telegraph Mags Roll At Polestar

Polestar's Data Collection Deal For Gravure Plant

10,000 Schools To Benefit From Polestar Training

Virgin Opts For Polestar's Web-Based Procurement

Polestar Extends Repro Supply Network To India

Gravure Site's First Job ASDA Be Celebrated

New 12-Month Mail Order Print Deal For Polestar

Gravure Plant Opens Its Doors For Previews

File Transfer Server In At Polestar

Polestar Buys On-Web Colour System For Colchester

Newspaper Business Growth Prompts Top Appointment

Polestar Chantry's Four Magazine Contracts

Polestar Launches Online Magazine Workflow

Express Renews Magazines Contract With Polestar

Polestar Says 'Grazia' For New Magazine Contract

Polestar Loses News International Supplements

Ex-Southernprint MD Heads Polestar Sheffield

Clowes Sales Director Moves To Polestar Wheatons

Polestar Wins Another IPC Magazine Contract

Chantry And Chromoworks Scoop Polestar Awards

Polestar Direct's £2.5m Spend Increases Capacity

'Visionary' Hibbert Is Print's Personality Of Year

Polestar Varnicoat Appoints MD

Biggest Ever Cosmo Weighs In At 416 Pages

New Bindery Manager For Polestar Colchester

Press Bases In Place At Gravure Super Plant

Povey Gets Wider Role In Polestar Reshuffle

MP Welcomes Polestar Gravure To Sheffield

Six Under-Graduates Taken On In Polestar Training

MD Of New Gravure Super Site Leaves Polestar

Pre-Press Kit Goes In At Gravure Super Site

Polestar 4c Lands £6m Travel Brochure Contract

Polestar Chief Joins European Gravure Board

£10m Investment At Polestar Chantry's Bindery

Polestar Looks To Grow Book Business

Polestar Moves To Stationers' Company Membership

Polestar's Leeds DM Plant Stays But Some Jobs Go

Polestar And Boxstar Package MBO Deal

Polestar Contemplates Closure For Leeds DM Site

Polestar Gets Sheffield MD From Auto Industry

Polestar Question Future Of Leeds Direct Mail Site

First UK Timson Z48A Press In At Polestar Wheatons

Polestar's Funding And Restructured, Reduced Debt

£10m And Sunday Press For Polestar Colchester

38 More Apprentices To Join Printing Group

Magazine Industry Mag Promotes Green Issues

Six Win City And Guilds Accreditation

Groundbreaking For Plant That Breaks New Ground

Polestar Rises Up The Business Rankings

New UK Gravure Plant Building Starts July 7

Polestar Pips Quebecor To Take Associated Titles

Polestar's Plant Approved But Waits 'Green' Flag

Haymarket's Business Returns To Polestar

City And Guilds Accreditation For Polestar

Recruitment Agencies Appointed By Print Group

Polestar Generates £15.5m With Sale And Lease Deal

Proofing Accelerates News International Work

1,000 Jobs To Come As Polestar Chooses Sheffield

Investcorp Chief Succeeds Yea In Polestar Chair

Polestar's Drupa Gravure Plant Bill Is 40m Euros

Polestar Signs Gravure Press Deal For New Plant

Polestar Petty Instals First Ferag Stitchers

Polestar's Print Management Gears Up With New MD

Key Polestar Client Man Calls Time After 30 Years

Polestar's Gravure Pre-Press Cylinders Deal

Polestar Purnell Stays - 100 Jobs, Presses Go,

Polestar May Close Scottish Site - 91 Redundancies

Polestar - UK Or Belgium For New Gravure Site?

IPC Award Polestar 5-Year, 1 Billion Mag Deal

Ole! Hola! Awards Polestar Six Year Deal

Polestar To Close Anglia Mini-Web Plant?

Polestar Boosts Launch Of Government Schools Drive

Polestar in Perfect Pre-Drupa Bind With Bolero

Polestar Gravure Plant's Solvent Recovery System

Polestar's Pride Of Britain Third Prestige Job

Polestar Buys £2m Management Information System

Polestar Turn Page On New Advertising Tool

Polestar Superplant Nearer With Sunday Press

Polestar Greaves Greets Irish Magazine With Hello

One Press Idle In Bid To Save Purnells - Polestar

Polestar Hosts Future Magazine Journalists

Polestar And Sun Shed Combined Light On Training

Polestar Reflects On Another Mirror Contract Win

Polestar's Good Life With Sussex Life Contract

Polestar Puts Seal On Evelopes Business Sale.

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