Presses

Taylor Bloxham has defied the economic slowdown with a 1.5m investment in new pre-press, printing and finishing equipment, giving it up to a 30% boost in productivity.

Astute Scotland has entered the five-colour market after investing in its first Ryobi 525GX B3 machine.

Levenmouth Printers has become the first Scottish printer to invest in Sanxin's four-colour YK524 press.

Short-run book printer Bell & Bain has turned its back on digital for its book covers after investing in Heidelberg's Anicolor short-run litho technology.

Self-adhesive label specialist Royston Labels has invested more than 1m in a 12-colour Nilpeter FA4 combination press in order to increase capacity.

While it was the iGen4 and the ConceptColor 220 that collected Xerox column inches at Drupa, the machine that drew in the most customer enquiries was the new 700 digital colour press. The 700 is a...

Building on from the Speedmaster 74 that was launched just before it, the Heidelberg Speedmaster (SM) 52 claimed many firsts. Launched at Drupa 1995, it was the first B3 machine ever to have autoplate...

If there's any part of the UK print industry that's intact at the moment, it's the B3 sector. Smaller, more flexible, and therefore more able to react to tough trading conditions, B3 printers are...

Heidelberg has recorded a 23% rise in incoming orders to Euro1.151bn (911.6m), but has experienced a drop in sales in the three months to 30 June.