Post-press

Moulton Printing has installed the UK’s first Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark IV.

Printed Easy has made a major investment in post-press kit that will see the firm add on-demand casebound books to its product range from September.

Healeys has concluded a £650,000 investment programme with the order of a Horizon BQ-500 iCE perfect binder from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

Halstan has confirmed a major spend with Canon and IFS that will see the business automate and add continuous feed inkjet to its book production setup.

Koenig & Bauer has reported an “extraordinary” intake in orders with its mega-spend on Drupa appearing to pay off.

Solopress is poised to install the UK’s first HP Indigo 120K, part of a £3.5m spend on new kit that also includes additional B1 litho capacity as the business sets a £60m sales target.

Durham Box is to install the first Highcon Beam 2C system in the UK, and the Logson Group subsidiary has also become the first UK customer to sign up to its Vulcan programme as a future option.

Plockmatic International has revealed a pair of digital die-cutters, the SC7000 Pro-T and Pro-T XL for their Drupa launch under Plockmatic’s Intec subsidiary.

Kodak launched a new, improved version of its Sonora process-free plate at Drupa, while celebrating 20 years since the plate was first introduced.

Elitron has unveiled the new version of its Kombo Tav fully automatic, integrated, digital cutting system at Drupa.