Polestar offers Europe's most complete range of
printing and associated services.
From the newspapers and magazines you read to holiday
brochures, office supplies catalogues, direct mail and packaging, the
name Polestar is never far away.
Of all the markets we serve, the newspaper
colour supplements market is probably the most time-critical. Our
multi-site operations offer flexibility in pre-press, printing and
finishing, enabling us to deliver high volumes on time, every week
of every year.
Polestar also has the facilities and expertise
to handle value added products, such as promotional videos or CD's,
in-line glue applications for questionnaires, sachets and response
cards, as well as advertising Post-It Notes. NewsPac, our high-speed
wrapping facility, then wraps each bundle in clear or pre-printed
polythene
Polestar prints more magazines than any other UK printer, including
such popular titles as Now!, TV Times, Woman, Woman's Own and the
British institutions that are Country Life and Radio Times.
Our facilities enable us to offer perfect
binding, saddle stitching, personalisation and mailing, as well
as loose inserting and Post-It Note application. And we have a well-deserved
reputation for high quality, cost-effective production.
The growth of mail order in recent
years has resulted in catalogue production becoming a core business
for Polestar, acting as a catalyst for much of the investment in
new technology and equipment within the Group.
Key to the success of a mail order business
is a faithful representation of the goods they are selling, and
in particular the colour. Polestar has invested in digital reproduction
and colour management to support the needs of this industry.
The retail sector is one of the largest and most diverse industry
sectors served by Polestar. Product requirements are infinitely
variable, from tabloid style give-aways packed with special offers
and redeemable vouchers, to square fromat spine glued brochures,
stitched or perfect bound retail catalogues carrying complete product
ranges, and customer loyalty magazines, all brimming with colour,
last minutes changes to prices and products, and pack shots which
demand accurate reproduction in print.
Such diversity is always at home at Polestar.
Our own diverse range of services ensures that we can easily match
the process and the technology to meet our customer's requirements
for their products.
With confidentiality at the heart of the business, Polestar understands
the need for discretion, security and accurate communication.
Operating from secure sites throughout the
UK, Polestar provides a full service of project consultancy, data
management, digital reprographics, up to six-colour printing, in-line
gluing and perforating, personalisation, finishing and mailing.
We regularly produce direct mail packs, forms and stationery, brochures,
envelopes, annual reports and handle transactional mailings for
a variety of blue-chip clients.
From soup labels to tea bag cartons, the retail sector is one of
the largest and most diverse industry sectors served by the Polestar
Group.
Perforated vouchers, money-off coupons, customer loyalty magazines,
credit card-style membership incentives…the list is endless
but Polestar makes a significant contribution. Polestar has the
resources to service the sheer scale of retail operations, combined
with market understanding and technological know-how.
Polestar employs over 70 people across a network of 4 locations
to provide a diverse range of software-based services.
Skills and technologies employed are leading
edge, as one would expect from a Group of Polestar's stature.
Polestar has over 50 years experience of producing Journals, Directories
and Catalogues and are therefore capable of achieving the highest
quality and fast turnaround times demanded by our customers.
We employ the latest technology throughout
all the manufacturing processes and have invested heavily in digital
Pre Press work flow, sheet fed printing and perfect binding.
