Presses

Award Offset Printers and Packaging has become the first company in India to install a Heidelberg XL 75.

Mitsubishi has appointed a new UK managing director at the launch of its V3000 press in Leeds.

Contract printer Newbury Weekly News Group (NWNG) has bucked the trend of moving away from independent printing by investing in the newly launched Goss Uniliner press.

Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched a new web offset press, the Diamond 16 Max Plus.

India-based Art Printing House has installed a new Ryobi 925 offset press at its Kolkata site, despite "bleak business prospects" for printers in the area, according to the chief executive.

Large-format printer Grgprint.com has bolstered its presence in the smaller-format market with the purchase of a secondhand Heidelberg CD74 packaging press.

Heidelberg has announced an operating loss of 20m euro (15.6m) in its preliminary second-quarter results, continuing what has been an <i>annus horribilis</i> for the German manufacturing sector.

Rose Calendars has boosted its capacity with a two-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 74 to help it cope with the seasonal upturn in demand.

India's Xpress Imprint has invested in a Heidelberg Printmaster to "upgrade the company's service offering".

Commercial printer John McCormick has made its first move into the full-colour sheetfed market after installing a Komori B2 five-colour Spica 29.