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Versatility was the key to Finishing Solutions Liverpool’s decision to buy the UK’s first Kama ProFold 74 folder-gluer earlier this year.

The print department of a brand management company has bought a new bookletmaker to improve work on a number of projects including one pioneering new 3D printing technology.

An upbeat KBA has increased its sales and profits targets for the full year and is predicting that its previously loss-making Digital & Web division will be in the black by the year-end.

Trade printer Route One Print has become the first UK company to sign for a Duplo iSaddle Pro Duetto Digital System saddle stitcher, to aid its digital booklet production.

Zenith Media has invested £460,000 in two of Heidelberg’s new Stahlfolder TH 82-P buckle folders, to boost its productivity and slash its makeready times.

Daytona Visual has installed a new digital die-cutter as part of an ongoing investment totalling around £700,000.

Gemini Print Group is looking to expand its digital offering after installing a booklet system last week as part of a £2m expansion.

Thermal laminating machine supplier Komfi has introduced a book-edge printing machine that is specifically designed for digital UV printing on book edges using inkjet technology.

Caslon has started manufacturing new Adana presses again 25 years after production of the original ceased.

London-based Park Communications has purchased a four-clamp Horizon BQ-470 binder and traded in its old Horizon BQ-270 as part of an ongoing wider investment programme.