Post-press

KEP kicks off £1m investment year with laminator buy

Commercial and POS printer KEP Print Group has invested circa £300,000 in a Lamina Blackline 1620 FA 1600/800 laminator, its first piece of kit in what the company said would be a hefty investment...

Micropress upgrades litho and finishing facilities

Suffolk-based Micropress has invested £1.2m on a new litho press and finishing kit from Heidelberg.

ECM Print Finishers completes £500k investment programme

ECM Print Finishers has completed a £500,000 three-year investment programme after installing a raft of new kit to help it better service the needs of its customers.

UK Bookbinders sets up new digital division with IFS spend

UK Bookbinders has set up a new digital division with investment in a Horizon BQ-470 PUR perfect binder and a Horizon HT-30 three-side trimmer.

Willow upgrades finishing facilities

Commercial printer Willow Print & Design has invested £29,000 in a Polar 78N Eco guillotine from Heidelberg UK to overcome bottlenecks and improve output.

Hickling & Squires ups stitching firepower

Hickling & Squires has upgraded its post-press facilities with a new Muller Martini Presto II saddlestitcher.

Packaging company feels Affinity for new folder

Affinity Packaging has invested £250,000 in a Signature Premier 110 CS folder-gluer from Ace Machinery to improve its service offering.

Killer app: Three-piece outfit rocks out planetary mag cover

Bauer Media has launched a new classic rock magazine, Planet Rock, and for its inaugural May issue it was looking to kick off with something a little bit special, calling on not one, not two but three...

Me & my: Morgana Systems DigiBook 200

Ever since it was founded more than 40 years ago, London-based City Printing has always looked to move with the times. Over the years the company has embraced emerging print technologies and invested...

Vivid adds Color-Logic option for metallic effects

Vivid Laminating Technologies has partnered with Color-Logic to provide its users with a cost-effective way of producing high-value metallic effects.