Digital

Heidelberg is to launch a brace of new units for its Gallus label presses that will add opaque white embellishing and rotary die-cutting capabilities.

ProCo has installed a new HP PageWide T240 HD web press and two Böwe Systec 9G insertion lines in a £2m investment that repositions its Stansted wing as a high-volume digital production hub.

Koenig & Bauer’s chief executive has taken a very public side swipe at price cutting by competitors – naming Heidelberg, Bobst and Komori – in the group’s half-year results.

Positive Images UK and Colouration have partnered to form a new larger print group.

Koenig & Bauer has reaffirmed that it is on track to meet its sales and profit targets for this year in the light of last week’s trading outlook warning from arch-rival Heidelberg.

Latcham Direct has installed a Canon Océ VarioPrint i300 sheetfed inkjet and an imagePress C850 to take on the work of five machines as it steps up to the increasing expectations of print-on-demand.

In the quarter century or so that digital colour presses have been around, most of the debate has been about if, how, and when they would take over from ‘conventional’ printing processes.

Scodix has launched a new software offering to help web-to-print companies to improve their productivity and efficiency through workflow automation.

According to recent research, brands are missing a trick when it comes to personalisation and this represents a significant opportunity for printers.

Clays has completed a £12m investment drive that comprises a raft of Muller Martini finishing kit alongside a new Fujifilm Jet Press 750S.