Presses

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.

B&B Press has marked the purchase of two Sakurai presses in its 50th anniversary year with a sake drum ceremony attended by Ryuta Sakurai, the Japanese manufacturer's president.

High-end printer D2 has said that Heidelberg's Speedmaster XL 75 "wipes out the potential for digital" with its faster makereadies and quality.

An un-named French printer has signed up for the first sale of the Goss M-600 Folia press.