Companies & suppliers

Star product: Vivid Laminating Technologies VeloBlade 64
A flatbed-format device for automated cutting, creasing and perforating in a single pass
targeted at businesses looking to offer cost-effective custom dieless finishing services.

Combining new and traditional techniques
Surface Print lies in the small industrial village of Clayton-le-Moors just outside Accrington, Lancashire. Founded 30 years ago by John Watson, whose father and grandfather had both etched their...

Strength in numbers
Britain in the 2020s is a radically different place compared to that of the 1970s and 1980s; strikes are few and far between. ONS data shows that the Winter of Discontent of 1979 saw 29.4m working...

Moving the eco discourse forward
While Packaging Innovations has always done what it says on the tin, over the past few years it could be argued that, while still visible, some of the innovative tech and applications on show at the...

Feldmuehle fulfils restructuring plan payments early
Independent German paper mill Feldmuehle has fulfilled its restructuring plan payments more than a year ahead of schedule.

HP revamps entire Indigo range ahead of Drupa
HP has unveiled the “most exciting launches in the history of HP Indigo” and revamped its range of B2, SRA3 and web-fed production presses, which offer across the board productivity boosts, and given...

Transeo to sell CloudLab W2P software in UK
Transeo Media has been appointed as sole UK supplier for the CloudLab Web-to-Print and Web-to-Pack software packages.

Innotech launches first substrate from recycled plastic bottles
Innotech has launched the industry’s first print media made from recycled bottles as a wide-format display fabric.

Roland DG brings new tech for Fespa debuts
Roland DG will be bringing a host of new digital systems to Fespa 2020 in the hopes of opening up potential customers to new opportunities.

Two more manufacturers up paper prices
Paper manufacturers Burgo Group and Lecta are the latest to confirm price rises for their products in the European market.