Litho

Koenig & Bauer is beefing up its UK service and project management team as it prepares for a busy period of complex press installations.

Japanese litho press manufacturer RMGT has announced plans to add a third manufacturing building to its headquarters in Fuchu City, in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan.

Heidelberg UK is back in the black and its German parent group has just announced an order backlog of more than €1bn (£877m) “for the first time in years”.

Heidelberg is targeting packaging printers with its fastest Speedmaster yet, a new 21,000sph version of its XL 106.

Solopress has completed a near-£5m investment round with a strategic step up into B1 litho production to increase capacity, with the firm also on track for a record year.

Midlands FMCG packaging printer ProPrint installed the Komori Lithrone GL640 Advance in July, the first of its kind in the UK.

Micropress is planning to invest more than £1m extending its factory in order to ramp up its short-run digital offering.

McAllister Litho Glasgow (MLG) is set to help its staff meet rocketing fuel bills during the coming winter with a financial package worth £3,500 each.

Heidelberg has launched a new highly-automated SX version of its Speedmaster 102, as the venerable and popular press nears its 50th year of sales.

Agfa is poised to begin phasing out one of its old violet chemistry-free plate products.