Presses

Timsons shape-shifts for digital future

Bespoke UK litho book press manufacturing came to an end this month when Kettering-based Timsons ceased production of its conventional book presses to concentrate on the manufacture of digital presses...

Star product: Epson SureColor SC-F7100

Purpose-built textiles machine with the latest technology.

Promise of a digital future proves difficult to deliver

More than two years have passed since Drupa 2012 saw the announcement of a whole raft of digital carton printing presses, but so far we have not seen any real signs of an impact on the packaging...

Value packaging: branching out needn’t break the bank

The development of hover boards and flying cars may not seem to have much in common with commercial printers taking on packaging printing, but there is a key similarity: for years all three have been...

KBA acts to right-size web ops

KBA has agreed measures to dramatically downsize two manufacturing facilities related to its web offset press business.

David Cameron hails Fine Print 'success story'

The prime minister David Cameron hailed the "business success story" that is his local constituency printer Fine Print, on a visit to the West Oxfordshire firm earlier this month.

Gallus claims quality and cost USPs with new digital label line

??Gallus has described its new Digital Converting System for label production as having "game changing" capabilities compared with rival inkjet label presses.

Really Useful Print Company in £400,000 requip

Norwich-based The Really Useful Print Company has invested £400,000 in upgrading its production facilities, including a move up to B2 and its first multi-colour litho press.

Star product: Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102

Heidelberg's high-volume, flexible general purpose simplex offset press.

Apex heralds LED-UV as the future of litho

Ryobi’s UK agent Apex has said that the UK print industry is on the verge of reaching a tipping point in the adoption of LED-UV litho, which it believes represents the future for litho.