Disciplines

Print Unit boosts finishing firepower
The Print Unit has upgraded its post-press department with the installation of a Horizon StitchLiner 5500.
Web offset what next
Jo Francis is wishing the year away as she awaits what on earth will happen next in web offset.

SM Finishing invests in Multifeeder tipping and folding system
Trade finisher SM Finishing has installed a Multifeeder Industrial Performance tipping and folding system.

Xerox lays out ambitions for inkjet business
Xerox chairman and chief executive Ursula Burns said the group could make further acquisitions to boost its production print inkjet business, as she officially opened the new Inkjet Innovation Centre...

GMG upgrades ColorServer
GMG has upgraded its ColorServer software to version 4.9, which includes support for PDF/VT-1, bringing automated colour transformation technology to high-volume digital printing applications.

Antalis supports gorilla art project
Environmental art venture Project Hangup was supplied by Antalis for its latest work, a limited edition of linocuts to highlight the plight of the mountain gorilla.

Print firm fined £13,000 after worker loses finger
Ashford Colour Press has been fined £13,000 and ordered to pay £1,278 in costs after a worker lost a finger and seriously injured another during unsafe maintenance work on a bookbinding machine last...

Fastek lauds Samsonn wide-format launch
Fastek has hailed the launch of its Samsonn range of own-brand wide-format printers at Sign & Digital UK in April a success having notched up its 10th order.

Heidelberg gives XLs a speed boost
Heidelberg has upgraded its VLF XL 145 and XL 162 presses with running speed increased by up to 20% to 18,000 sheets per hour for the XL 145.

Irish firm Sign+Digital targets UK for expansion
Irish sign materials and wide-format print supplier Sign+Digital has announced its intentions to expand onto the UK mainland.