Presses

PPG Design & Print plans to increase productivity in its long-run work after entering the perfector arena with a 10-colour Komori Lithrone S1029P.

Ultragraph is anticipating a drop in press operating costs following an investment of nearly 2m in a 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-10P and a Suprasetter 75 platesetter.

Summit Print has "set solid foundations for future growth" after completing a 1m investment programme that included a site move and a Ryobi press upgrade.

Victoria Litho has boosted annual press production time "by 1,000 hours" after investing in a secondhand six colour KBA Rapida 162a.

Pepper Communications is looking to grow its turnover from 4.3m to 7m over the next two years after making its foray into the B1 arena with a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105.

Commercial printer WM Print has updated its sheetfed division with a new six-colour Roland 700 B1-format press.

Doveton Press has invested in a third B2 Heidelberg press - a four-colour Speedmaster SM 74 - and a new Suprasetter platesetter.

KBA has reported a profit for the past nine months but warned of job cuts as it shares the sector experience of "dramatic knock-on effects from the current financial turmoil on its export business".

Users of Heidelberg's DI press could be in line for a productivity boost, according to RIP management and workflow software developer Xitron, following the launch of version 8 of its Navigator GPS...