Printers

Falkirk Council completes investment with Perfecta guillotine
Printworks, Falkirk Council's print facility, has installed a Perfecta 76 HTVC guillotine as the final part of its 460,000 long-term investment project.

Strong Drupa sales to boost KBA second half-year performance but overall orders down
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.

Tall Group sells ID Data Cards to CPI Card Group
CPI Card Group has acquired the operating assets of ID Data Cards from UK security printer the Tall Group of Companies for an undisclosed sum.

Mixed picture at St Ives as print margins are squeezed
St Ives has warned of "further deterioration" in trading conditions across its print operations while praising the performance of its burgeoning marketing services division.

The European player based in a stable: Imprint Digital
Imprint Digital has found that encouraging clients to submit correct PDFs and shunning the euro helped it compete on the export market
Commercial printer Sandy Alexander beta tests new format Indigo 10000
Clifton, NJ-based commercial printer Sandy Alexander will, this fall, become one of the beta sites for the new B2-format 29.5" sheetfed HP Indigo 10000 digital press as it looks to meet a growing...

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

Cabot expands Haverhill inkjet pigment dispersion facility
Cabot Corp has announced the completion of a $10 million expansion of its Haverhill, Mass. inkjet facility as it looks to position itself for the expected surge in commercial inkjet production.

Johnston Press set to close Peterborough printing facility
The regional newspaper group has announced plans to close the city's Oundle Road printing press, which produces the Peterborough Telegraph.

'Roy the Redeemer' cheers on England squad for UEFA Euro 2012
Bugle Communications and Paddy Power have installed a 30m statue of England manager Roy Hodgson on the white cliffs of Dover.