Equipment manufacturers

James Cropper: paper business has been hit hardest

Restructure planned at James Cropper

James Cropper is restructuring after its paper division in particular was hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The top of the new range FB1150 is available for around £7,000

Intec revamps digital cutter range

Intec has revamped its range of flatbed digital cutters for promo, label and packaging prototyping applications with three new machines, all of which have faster makereadies and more intuitive...

Watson: no update as yet on whether he will be replaced as COO

James Cropper COO leaving business

James Cropper is parting company with its chief operating officer Dave Watson.

Gibson: how to plan for a successful W2P implementation

Infigo to host webinar on W2P's role in the Covid bounce back

Infigo is hosting a webinar tomorrow aimed at helping print businesses rise to the challenges of the post-lockdown landscape by diversifying into web-to-print.

Visentin: proud of how employees have coped with virus crisis

Pandemic writ large in Xerox Q2 results

Second-quarter sales at Xerox fell by nearly $800m as the Covid-19 pandemic hit business, with CEO John Visentin praising the group’s employees for their efforts during a period of “unprecedented...

Evolution: an ideal replacement for legacy systems

BlueCrest expands inserter range

Mailing kit manufacturer BlueCrest has launched a new, highly automated entry- to mid-level inserting line that has many of the flagship features of its high-end siblings.

Malpas: It’s a real partnership

Hampton in UK Subscription Plus first

Hampton Printing (Bristol) has become the first UK printer to finance a new press through Heidelberg’s Subscription Plus 'pay per sheet' model and is set to install the new Speedmaster XL 106 next...

The deal covers related businesses across five sites, employing around 430 staff

Heidelberg sells Gallus for €120m

Heidelberg has agreed to sell off label printing wing Gallus as part of its ongoing strategy to focus on its core sheetfed business.

Star product: X-Rite i1Publish Pro 3

The latest iteration of X-Rite's much-used colour-management system.

Heidelberg Cylinder: still in use at many print businesses

Built to last

In the old days, printing machines were made to last. They were cleaved from solid chunks of metal and essentially built like brick outhouses. Despite technological advances making many of these old...