Presses

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...

Commercial printer Burlington Press has secured a raft of new contracts after investing in its second KBA Rapida 105 within two years.

New Delhi-based Sona Printers has ordered three new Manroland presses, including India's first five-colour Roland 700 with InlineCoater.

Manroland has announced it will host a small-format open house in Germany later this month.

Nampak Cartons has invested 4m of a 7m spend on a six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL105 press and a Bobst diecutter at its folding cartons site in Leeds.