Post-press

The PrintWeek FespaDaily team’s round up of some of the stories from Day three of the show at the Hamburg Messe.

Italian manufacturer Elitron (A1-D55) is debuting its new Kombo SDC+ 3.2 large-format digital cutter at this year’s Fespa.

Diary date! Forget Radiohead, the Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran and other nonentities down at Worthy Farm, we’re talking the banks of the River Wey and the upcoming Duplo Festival on 14-15 June.

Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) has taken on two new Horizon machines for distribution and will be giving them their first UK showing at October’s Ipex trade show in Birmingham.

Terry Cooper Services (TCS) has added two new finishing machines to its portfolio.

Heidelberg is to launch three new post-press machines, for die-cutting, hot-foiling and glueing, intended to appeal to the majority of operators in the packaging market.

Trade finisher Cliftons has brought foil-blocking in-house after investing in a Yawa TDS-750 automatic foil-stamping, die-cutting and embossing machine.

KAS Paper Systems has launched a modular inline plastic card mailing system to meet increasing demand from retailers, clubs and other organisations for a secure, personalised plastic card.

Educational publisher and printer Penstripe has invested in a Stahlfolder KH 82, a B1-format combination folder that it will use for products including planners, notebooks and diaries.

Abbey Print has replaced a 20-year-old guillotine with a CCM Premier 780 in an effort to improve efficiency.