Walstead has made its first buy in Germany with the acquisition of GD Gotha Druck und Verpackung. Gotha is a large web offset house, one of the biggest of its kind in Germany, specialising in retail flyers. Located in Thuringia in central Germany between Frankfurt and...
Walstead Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Johnson as Group CFO and board director with effect from 1 June following the departure of Julian Rothwell. Neil joins Walstead from Sparrows Offshore Services Group where he was Group CFO from 2014 to 2023. Prior...
We are delighted to announce that Walstead has won the contract to produce the News UK supplements in a five-year deal. Commenting on the new contract, Alan McCann, News UK publishing operations director, said: "We have a long-standing relationship with Walstead, who have successfully printed a...
Walstead chairman Mark Scanlon has described the group as being “well and truly stress-tested” last year as it tackled unprecedented increases in input costs – as well as the lingering effects of the pandemic. In a statement about Walstead Group’s performance in the financial year ending...
Walstead has engaged the help of former YM Group chief operating officer, Mike Newbould Junior, to help pinpoint customers looking for future print supply options. Walstead is considering the possibility of operating some equipment at one of the former YM sites, if there is sufficient demand...
We are delighted to announce that Walstead has signed a long-term deal with Telegraph Media Group (TMG) to print The Saturday Telegraph magazine and Luxury supplements. The deal, which will see both publications printed at Walstead’s Bicester facility, starts next week with the 21 May...
The Walstead Group has acquired the majority of the assets of YM Group's web offset business. In a statement, chairman, Mark Scanlon said: "On 4 May 2022 Walstead Group acquired all the production assets of the insolvent YM Group companies at Scarborough and York and certain...
Walstead is now using ClimateCalc to accurately calculate their carbon footprint and lessen their impact on the environment. For the full story click here. Back to News...
Hello! recently became the latest high-profile magazine title to move its printing to Walstead, with a shift from gravure to web offset printing for its 7th September issue and beyond. After moving the printing of Hello! Fashion to Walstead earlier this year, publisher Tamsyn Spires...
As we enter a new decade we look back on some of the highlights within our portfolio during 2019. Rutland invests in HCC HCC, the UK's second largest contract canning provider, but the largest in the rapidly growing niche of low to medium sized batch runs of...