Presses

Stephens & George Print Group has rounded off its £16m investment programme with Heidelberg that kicked off in 2018.

Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer has described the group – still the world’s largest press manufacturer – as “developing from a printing press supplier into a technology company”.

BCQ Group is poised to step up to A1 as part of its post-Covid growth strategy in a circa £1m spend, the centerpiece of which is its first non-Heidelberg litho press in its 45-year history.

SF Taylor has extended its relationship with Koenig & Bauer by investing in a second Rapida 75 Pro five-colour press with perfecting capability.

HMRC is ending a 300-year era of tax history with the retirement of its stamp presses – and is hoping to find suitable new homes for its surplus legacy devices.

Like many industries now, commercial printing is facing unprecedented levels of disruption. The question is do you embrace and drive that disruption or simply do your best to elegantly manage decline?

Canon has expanded its range of continuous feed inkjet printers with the launch of the new ColorStream 8000 series.

Potts Print (UK) is set to take delivery of the UK’s first Manroland Roland 700 Evolution press later this year.

Xeikon has bolstered its product portfolio for commercial and graphics applications with the addition of the new SX20000 digital colour press.

Koenig & Bauer expects sales for 2020 to be above prior estimates at €1bn-plus, thanks to accounting changes that have altered the group’s revenue recognition policy.