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Apex and IFS to hold third Real Print and Finish event
Apex Digital Graphics and Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) are set to team up once again for the third Real Print and Finish open house.

Minuteman Press Bath scores UK Valiani first
The UK’s largest Minuteman Press franchise, in Bath, has bought the UK’s first Valiani Optima V 250 flatbed cutting table.

How to raise your profile or make an impression
Now that colour digital printing is ‘good enough’ for the sort of things most people want to do with it, attention is switching to the twiddly bits that catch the eye and add value to the print job.

Duplo inviting potential customers to get Hands-On with its products
Duplo will be hosting a Hands-On Open House event at its Addlestone, Surrey headquarters, exhibiting a raft of its own machinery along with kit from some of its partners.

Printwell rounds off £1m investment with iGen install
Commercial printer Printwell UK has invested £1m in a range of new equipment, including the second Xerox iGen 5 digital press in the country to be installed with all three of its fifth colour...

Frip invests in new blood for the future
Leicestershire-headquartered print finisher Frip Finishing has taken on two new apprentices, after successfully recruiting four in 2016, as part of a new strategy.

Simpson Group planning for the future
POS specialist Simpson Group is developing a three-year plan to introduce more automation and target new markets.

Morgana all set for PrintWeekLive!
Finishing kit manufacturer Morgana, part of the Plockmatic Group, has signed up for a 27sqm stand at PrintWeekLive!.

Not yet a silver bullet for workflow woes
When speaking with printers about JDF, you get a lot of negative responses. The managing director of one large commercial printer on the South Coast puts it diplomatically: “I’ve never really got on...

Me & my: Promatrix 106 CS
BCQ is a well-established ‘full-services’ offset and digital print group based on the outskirts of Buckingham. The ‘BC’ part of its initials comes from Buckingham Colour, which merged with Colour...