Printers
Marstan Press invests £1.4m in new XL75 10-colour perfector
Marstan Press will install a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL75 10-colour perfecting press next month as part of a £1.4m investment – the largest ever for the 60-year-old printer.
60-seconds with Kingfisher Print & Design
Established in 1982 by Derek Bellotti, Kingfisher is a family-run litho and digital print firm, now headed by Derek’s son Ross who says he strives to keep print relevant in a digital age.
Q&A: John Fry, production director, B&D Print Services
Leaving school 37 years ago at the tender age of 15, John Fry joined Graphic House in Preston as an apprentice printer.
‘I’m never complacent – I always want to do more’
Eclipse Colour managing director Simon Moore is probably in a better position than most to share some key lessons in how to turn a business around. Over the past 15 years, he has converted the £4.5m...
Blue Sky Print invests in Prinect workflow
Blue Sky Print has invested in a new Prinect workflow with Signastation imposition and PDF Toolbox pre-flighting after trading in its old two-colour B2 press for a secondhand SM74 five-colour B2 press...
SPS Group completes £2.3m wide format update
Dorset-based POS printer SPS Group has capped a mammoth 12-month print and finishing equipment upgrade with the installation of a new HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press and a Redline RL2100...
Moulton Printing prepares for transition with two managerial appointments
Moulton Printing has made a brace of managerial appointments with Cassandra Moulton, granddaughter of the firm's founder, promoted to director and her sister Helen returning to the family business as...
Q&A: Mark Willis, managing director, KMS Litho
Tree surgery’s loss was print’s gain, and KMS owner Willis is poised to notch up 30 years in printing after following his father into the trade. The 46-year-old father of three has developed a...
Jadan Press invests in second Polar guillotine
Hull-based B2 printer Jadan Press has bought its second Polar guillotine in just over two years, as a replacement for a 10-year-old Wohlenberg machine.
Creditors owed almost £6m following Colourhouse collapse
Creditors of The Colourhouse were owed £5.8m, including £3.3m to trade creditors and £1m to employees, at the time of the Deptford-based printer's collapse, according to details published in the...