Presses

Litho 'will still be a major force at Ipex 2010'

Litho press manufacturers will be out in force at this year's Ipex show, organisers have claimed, despite the predicted dominance of digital print.

Newnorth turns Speedmaster into 'one-operator press' with pumped ink system buy

Commercial printer Newnorth Print has turned its Heidelberg Speedmaster into a "one-operator press" after installing a barrel-pumping system from Technotrans.

Kolkata-based R B Laminations' spend on a new Komori Spica 29 pays off

PrintWeek India - R B Laminations and Industries' director Debabrata Roy has said that his firm's investment in a brand new four-colour Komori Spica 29 press in April 2008, the first in East India,...

GMI to give UK debut to two products at Ipex

US-based GMI will debut two products in the UK when it exhibits at this year's Ipex event in Birmingham.

Apple Tree Design & Print boosts Sakurai family with five-colour buy

Apple Tree Design & Print has added a Sakurai 572EDII to its existing Sakurai presses and moved to a bigger site.

Goss teams with Akiyama for US sales push

Goss International is to sell and support Akiyama products in the US and Canada, although it has no plans to offer the Japanese presses in the UK.

Chesapeake buys KBA Rapida 106 as part of 2.5m investment

Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging has bought a KBA Rapida 106 as the centrepiece of a 2.5m spend at its Greenford, Middlesex site.

Kingsway Printers makes digital debut with HP Indigo label press

Kingsway Printers has made its debut in the digital print arena and responded to a growing demand for short-run work by investing in an HP Indigo ws4500 label press.

Print startup eyes 100th client following digital buy

Image Digital, which set up business less than 10 months ago, is nearing the 100 client mark after an investment in a Xerox DocuColor 8000AP as its maiden machine.

Digital to dominate Ipex 2010

Digital print is set to dominate this year's Ipex show after organisers confirmed that the technology had overtaken litho's footprint at the forthcoming Birmingham event on 18-25 May.