Presses

Blessed with young blood intent on constant progression, this family business has expanded its services and workforce. Its new Ryobi was key.

Goss International has made a surprise move to replace its chief executive, with Richard Nichols taking over from Jochen Meissner with immediate effect.

Johnsons of Nantwich has capped its 1m investment with a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5 to complement recently installed finishing equipment.

Drying system manufacturer Benford UV has successfully retrofitted an end-of-press and interdeck UV drying solution to a KBA Rapida 162A sheet-fed press at Victoria Litho.

HP has confirmed it will not be exhibiting at Ipex 2014, a decision described as "disappointing" by the show's organiser Informa Group.

US-based web printing control system specialist Innolutions has launched a cloud-based, pay-as-you-go ink presetting system that is compatible with any sheetfed or web offset press.

Commercial printer Vale Press anticipates that its new Speedmaster SX 52-5 and Polar 78X Plus guillotine will deliver a return on investment within two years and boost turnover by 30% in 2012.

Wotton Printers has boosted its offset firepower with the installation of a B3-format Ryobi 524HE press in response to a growing demand for four-colour production.

The Llandysul, Wales-based publisher and printer is targeting a 20% increase in turnover after concluding a £3m upgrade of its pre-press, printing and finishing equipment.

While more than 100m of Drupa orders, mainly for batch-produced sheetfed offset presses, will take time to impact, preliminary half-year figures reveal overall group order intake is down 114m.