PBL stays silent on talk of ACP print centre

Talk of PBL Media installing its own print centre for ACP Magazines continues to baffle those in both the printing and publishing industries.

Media reports claim that ACP staff have been told that the company will have its own printing centre in two years. However, John Rowsthorne general manager of operations at PBL told Print 21 that this was speculation.

“No decision has been made yet,” he said.

In response to mounting suspicion, PBL’s chief executive, Ian Law, offered only the evasive comment earlier this year that: "We continue to look at out options, including the economics of installing our own printing facility."

The prospect of such a development would have a major effect on companies such as PMP, which has contracts to print ACP’s magazines. Press manufacturers are also abuzz with quotes sought from the three hot favourites: Goss, MAN Roland and KBA who will each be fighting it out to supply equipment if and when the printing centre goes ahead.