Litho

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

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

McAllister Litho to give staff £3,500 each to help pay fuel bills
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 lauds latest Speedmaster 102
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 trims violet plate portfolio
Agfa is poised to begin phasing out one of its old violet chemistry-free plate products.

Me & my: Komori GL429
When Devon-based commercial printer Hedgerow Print decided to consolidate its warehouse footprint on an industrial estate in Crediton and move from two smaller units into a larger 930sqm premises in...

Digital to press advantage over litho in next five years
The print market is moving to an “increasingly digital future,” according to the latest Smithers industry report.

Grafenia sells manufacturing wing to focus on software
Grafenia has exited manufacturing after selling its Works Manchester wide-format and commercial print production hub to PFI Group in a £3m-plus deal, while CEO Peter Gunning has stepped down with...

Plates wing buoys Agfa Q1 results
Agfa has posted a big jump in Q1 EBITDA despite what the group described as “an extraordinary inflationary context”.

War speeds Koenig & Bauer plans to expand in-house power generation
Koenig & Bauer has reduced its Q1 losses on sales that were slightly down on 2021, while flagging that ongoing supply chain uncertainties meant it could not provide a reliable forecast for the full...