Presses

GKD boosts capacity with Speedmaster buy

Digital and litho printer GKD has invested in a used six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102, plus coater, as part of an on-going expansion plan.

MPS hosts open house to spotlight EB label press

Dutch label and packaging press specialist MPS Systems has announced an open house event to showcase the capabilities of its EB flexo press at its UK sales and service office in Wigan.

Star product: Bodoni pressSign V6

Software designed to manage press performance across multiple sites and devices.

GT4 Group acquires Creative Colour Bureau (CCB)

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has acquired fellow Scottish commercial printer Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) in an all-share deal.

Potts Print (UK) in £3m pre-press, litho, digital and finishing spend

Potts Print (UK) will take delivery of a 15,000sph Heidelberg XL 75 six-colour plus coater this week as part of its £3m capital investment programme.

DC Thomson adds inline inkjet capability at printing arm

DC Thomson has become the third newspaper publisher in the UK to invest in Kodak's Prosper S-Series Imprinting System, giving it the ability to produce bespoke newspapers with unique advertising and...

Nanography inches towards launch

"Benny has solved two of the fundamental problems of digital print, but he has created two more. Let’s see. It will take at least two years to solve.” These were the prescient words spoken at Drupa...

Why did Timsons' digital dream go so wrong so quickly?

Launched less than three years ago at Drupa 2012, as of next month the Timsons T-Press, the 200m/min duplex, monochrome, inkjet book printing line, will become a collector’s item.

Me & my: Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1085

I wanted it in and running before I parted with any money,” says Bell & Bain managing director Stephen Docherty regarding his purchase of the Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1085.

Souped-up offset delivers digi-beating performance

Conventional wisdom says that digital is the best way to go for short-run and quick-turnaround work.