Commercial

Alpha Colour revs up all-round performance with new Speedmaster

A drive to improve print volumes, response times and environmental sustainability has prompted Alpha Colour to buy a new four-colour Heidelberg press.

PrintWeek Awards 2013 Reports & Accounts Printer of the Year - Pureprint Group

Last year judges praised Pureprint Group for great consistency in all entries. This year the judges went one better, and so has Pureprint.

PrintWeek Awards 2013 Social Stationery Printer of the Year - The Sherwood Press Group

Another word for the Paper Rose Marzipan Toybox & Sunny Side Up range of cards is "fun", according to the judges, who go further for this and other products from the Nottingham printer: "Lively and...

Banbury Litho invests in XL 75 to cut waste

Family business Banbury Litho is to take delivery of a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L this November to minimise start-up waste and increase its volume of sellable sheets.

Jamie Cullum indulges his passion for typography with The Eighty-Eight

Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).

Manroland Sheetfed gets first UK press order from fashion in-plant

Manroland Sheetfed has taken its first UK press order since its administration and sale to Langley Holdings in March 2012, from Derbyshire-based fashion house David Nieper.

Spectrum slashes makereadies with second XL 75-5+L

Spectrum Printing Services (SPS) has installed a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L five years after taking one of the UK's first XL presses.

Heidelberg hails XL success

Heidelberg UK has reported a boom in perfecting press sales in the 16 months since Drupa.

Spin Print Solutions in twin Hans Gronhi install

Spin Print Solutions has installed a five-colour Hans Gronhi B3 press and ordered an additional two-colour model as part of a 600,000 litho, digital and finishing kit spend.

Xerox upgrades iGen150

Xerox has added enhancements to its Drupa-launched iGen150 to offer higher quality for printers targeting the photobook market.