Presses

Crucial Colour is aiming to broaden its remit and enter new markets after investing in a six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster.

Hickling & Squires has upgraded its perfecting capacity after investing in a 10-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster.

Trinity Mirror has claimed a win in the race to full-colour among the red-top tabloids as its press installation programme leapt ahead of schedule.

Heidelberg has confirmed a long-perfecting version of its XL 105 flagship B1 press will be available for some customers before Drupa.

Robotics are to be incorporated into printing presses for the first time in an initiative by MAN Roland that will cut makeready times on newspaper presses to just two and a half minutes.

UV drying could become a viable alternative to heatset drying for newspaper printers looking to expand out of coldset printing, according to a report from PrintCity to be released early next year.

Benhamgoodheadprint (BGP) has vowed not to repeat the mistakes of its past as work began on its new 25m Bicester web-offset supersite last week.

I like the philosophy behind Heidelbergs Printmaster PM 52. It lets us determine how much atomicity is used and helps us to uncover exactly what will make a difference to us and our customers.

At Drupa 1990, MAN Roland launched its B1 700 series machines to replace the 600, the first unit the German manufacturer had built.

There havent been the vast technological advances in signmaking that have variously ravaged and expanded other sectors of the print industry. Just 25 years ago, the majority of signmakers were still...