Presses

UK manufacturer opens up UV printing to all with Ipex launch

Benford UV will use its Ipex debut in March for the European launch of its EcoUV retrofittable low-energy, low-cost curing system, which it claimed opens up UV to commercial litho printers of all...

Me & my: MGI Meteor DP8700 XL

Going against the grain and defining yourself by your difference to everyone else isn’t always a great idea. Just look at John McCririck. But sometimes it really does pay to be just a little bit...

Benson Gateshead makes £3.6m Heidelberg investment

Benson Group’s North East flagship site has made its biggest ever press spend on an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL106 B1 perfector.

Chesapeake installs second Manroland R700 in Glasgow

Chesapeake has installed a second Manroland sheetfed press at its Hillington production facility in Glasgow to support the site's growth strategy.

Heidelberg reveals first details of 2014 open house

Heidelberg’s UK open house, set to take place during Ipex, will focus on success after the recession as well as delivering product announcements and demonstrations.

Up to 1,500 jobs impacted by KBA restructure

German press manufacturer KBA Group has announced a ‘strategic realignment’ of its divisions that could affect up to 25% of its workforce.

Alfaplas invests £2m in Flexotecnica

Herefordshire-based flexible packaging printer Alfaplas has installed a new eight-colour Flexotecnica EVO XG press.

Star product: Konica Minolta bizhub Press C8000e

A “robust” option for fast-turnaround jobs.

Still going strong: superannuated kit can still be super

Of most importance to the majority of printers today? Undoubtedly keeping up with the ever-quickening march of technological change. Most, that is, but not quite all.