Printers

Denny Bros cuts energy bill with solar investment

Denny Bros expects to cut its total annual power consumption by at least 6% after installing 200 50KW solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of its Bury St Edmunds production facility.

Pollards buys second Xerox iGen to enhance print-on-demand capability

Exeter-based printer William Pollard & Company has installed a Xerox iGen 150 alongside its existing iGen 4 to allow it to print a wider range of formats digitally and to better match brand colour...

GBM Manchester buys UK's first Elitron Kombo SD+ cutter

GBM Manchester has become the first graphic arts business in the UK to install a Kombo SD+ flatbed cutter from Italy-based Elitron, through its new UK distributor Atech.

Tradeprint.co.uk orders first KBA as part of £4m spend

Tradeprint.co.uk has ordered a KBA Rapida 106 as part of a £4m spend that will also include a range of post-press and "added-value finishing" equipment, some of which was sourced at Ipex 2014.

Vistaprint acquires Pixartprinting in €127m deal

Vistaprint will acquire a 97% stake in Italian web-to-print business Pixartprinting for a base price of €127m (£105m) while the company's founder Matteo Rigamonti will retain a 3% stake.

IPS Ultraprint buys UK's first UltraBind 2000 PUR

Guernsey-based printer IPS Ultraprint bought the UK's first UltraBind 2000 PUR binder after testing the machine on Duplo's south hall stand (S3-G291) at Ipex 2014.

Epic Printing Services signs Scodix S75 order at Ipex

Epic Printing Services has signed for a Scodix S75 digital enhancement press on the Israel-based manufacturer’s stand (N4-D371) at Ipex.

Lumejet announces S200 sales and new partnerships at Ipex 2014

Ipex debutant Lumejet (S2-F175) has announced the second and third customers for its revolutionary S200 photonic printer as well as new partnerships with Duplo and Taopix.

Harrisons Signs invests in Mimaki JV400 SUV

York-based signmaker Harrisons Signs has bought it's first UV roll-fed printer, a Mimaki JV400-160 SUV, from UK reseller Paperlinx.

Interview: ‘Sell the big idea and then work out how to produce it’

It’s fair to say that Inc Direct isn’t your traditional print business. In fact, according to chief executive Noel Warner, it’s not a print business at all, traditional or otherwise, and to be fair,...