Equipment manufacturers

Image Visual Communications to install new Linoprint press

Image Visual Communications (IVC) is to replace a Kodak M700 printer with a Heidelberg Linoprint C751 digital press later this month.

Shuttleworth to exhibit with ROI360 at Cross Media 2012

Shuttleworth Business Systems and ROI360 will exhibit on a joint stand at this autumn's Cross Media 2012 trade show at London's Business Design Centre.

PIP Printing invests 11,000 on new photobook printing venture

Muswell Hill, London-based PIP Printing has signed a multi-machine deal with finishing equipment supplier Ashgate Automation

BCQ Print installs Fujifilm XMF 4 workflow

Buckingham-based print business BCQ Print has invested in Fujifilm's XMF cross-media workflow to help "increase the efficiency, quality and consistency of its output".

Luscher and Polytype SA sign distribution deal

CTP manufacturer Luscher has signed a "global distribution partnership" with Polytype SA, the South American arm of packaging print systems manufacturer Wifag Polytype.

UPM announces further restructuring

UPM has sold its Kajaani sawmill to wood processing company Plkky Oy in Finland.

SMP Group embraces UK's first hand fed platen alternative

SMP Group has installed the UK's first Diecut Goldline machine, the first advancement in manual die-cutting in 90 years, according to finishing manufacturer Diecut UK.

Me & my... Alwan CMYK Optimizer

A software package designed to take the strain out of building custom colour profiles by automating the conversion process

Star product: Grafik foam-centred boards

A range of bright-white, cost-competitive foam-centred-boards

Henkel launches Technomelt Supra 1000 hotmelt

Industrial manufacturer Henkel has launched its latest hotmelt packaging adhesives range, Technomelt Supra 1000.