Presses

Wotton Printers has boosted its offset firepower with the installation of a B3-format Ryobi 524HE press in response to a growing demand for four-colour production.

The Llandysul, Wales-based publisher and printer is targeting a 20% increase in turnover after concluding a £3m upgrade of its pre-press, printing and finishing equipment.

While more than 100m of Drupa orders, mainly for batch-produced sheetfed offset presses, will take time to impact, preliminary half-year figures reveal overall group order intake is down 114m.

Online print provider Solopress has moved ordering deadlines for its mainland UK next-day delivery service to 2pm.

A Japanese commercial printer has become the first customer for Ryobi's hybrid 750 Series B2 offset press, which is factory fitted with Kodak Prosper S5 imprinting heads.

Orchard Press has continued its pressroom expansion programme by investing in a Stahlfolder KH 78 combination folder.

Branding agency Form has selected Push Print and Antalis McNaughton to collaborate on its 21st anniversary commemorative book.

Speciality products group CRP Print & Packaging has maintained its strong momentum in 2012 after moving to a permanent seven-day working pattern.

Commercial printer Inc Dot has invested in a Heidelberg Linoprint C751 press, along with a raft of finishing kit in an overhaul of its digital business.

Commercial printer ESP Colour has traded in its Speedmaster SM 102-10-P for a Speedmaster XL 105-4+LX2 with Autoplate XL and Inpress Control.