Presses

Fans of hand printing should hot-foot it to London’s St Bartholomew the Great church, where an exhibit celebrating Benjamin Franklin's time in London includes a working replica of the type of press he...

Heidelberg is expecting a strong end to its financial year on the back of incoming orders up 8.3% in Q3.

The future for Walstead Group’s only gravure printing facility is in question with the firm consulting over potential “large scale” redundancies at the operation.

Alan White, who held a number of senior roles at well-known printers during the heyday of web offset and direct mail, has died aged 82.

Heidelberg aims to save more than €100m (£83m) by reducing the size of the workforce at its biggest site in Germany by 11.25%, or 450 roles.

Precision Colour Printing is making a six-figure investment in technology to improve efficiencies and is also adapting its shift patterns for greater flexibility – while its new owners are looking to...

Koenig & Bauer is simplifying its structure into two segments, will dramatically slim down its board, and has recruited Heidelberg’s packaging chief for a new senior role.

High-end packaging and greetings card specialist Herbert Walkers has invested in a brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-7+L press, arriving on 26 November.

Heidelberg has increased factory working hours by around 14% as it gears up for a busy H2 delivering on a big post-Drupa order backlog.

Koenig & Bauer expects to hit the lower end of its profit targets for the year, in the face of a “persistently challenging market environment”, albeit boosted by a big uplift in orders from Drupa.