Post-press

Flexpress shines with new Duplo embellisher
Leicester trade printer Flexpress has overhauled its embellishment capabilities with the installation of two brand-new Duplo machines, launching it into full B2 operation.

Friedheim snaps up GUK distribution deal
Post-press kit supplier Friedheim International has secured the rights to distribute GUK machinery in much of the UK.

Jolly returns to Duplo in newly created strategic role
Peter Jolly has returned to Duplo International, where he began his industry career two decades ago, in a newly created role designed to drive growth at the post-press equipment manufacturer.

In case you missed them, April’s most read stories
The end of one technology era and the beginning of another dominated April’s listicle, where the challenges facing some in the trade finishing sector were writ large.

Celloglas files NOI as 'prelude to sale'
Celloglas has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) with a buyer said to be in the wings for its business and assets.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, our ‘There’s no business like show business’ issue features this year’s two big events; Fespa and Drupa, with a review of the former and preview of the latter…
As well as looking at the shows, our April and May issue is jam-packed with thought-provoking insights.

Make Up Print Finishers brings gluing in-house
Make Up Print Finishers, the trade finishing arm of Gloucestershire-based Vale Press Group, has automated its in-house gluing process with a brand-new Moll Digi-MollPak folder-gluer.

Folio pre-packs after double customer collapse
Folio Print Finishing has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by its directors, David Robshaw and Andrew Bird, after two major customers entered insolvency.

Scodix takes wraps off new uncoated capability and AI tool
Scodix is billing the upcoming Drupa show as “the embellishment Drupa” and will launch two new products along with a raft of additional features – including the ability to embellish onto uncoated...

Mega sale of Communisis kit imminent
Hundreds of items of printing, post-press and ancillary kit from the shuttered Communisis sites in Leeds and Liverpool will go up for auction later this month.