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Buxton Press has kicked off the next phase of its reinvestment plan by sealing a 7m deal for two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 perfectors at Drupa.

Harry Gilmore webs up the film on his Micro B2 single and double-sided film laminator, loads in his sheets of paper and sets the temperature gauge to 120C.

Print firms are no strangers to the discipline of cost reduction. For years, the industry has been caught between the internet, print management firms and increasingly severe recessions. Budgets have...

Contraction in the printing industry is evident in the Drupa visitor numbers - although 170,000 visitors had attended by the half-way point, this figure is 20% down on the 2008 show.

RR Donnelley president and chief executive Thomas Quinlan lauded the partnership between the print giant and KBA, which has produced a fully fledged inkjet web press in a little over a year.

Drupa 2012 marks the return of Bell and Howell (Hall 4, stand A24) to the European market, after the US-based company sold its international business to Pitney Bowes in 2003.

Anton Group has become the first company in Europe to install two Agfa Avalon N8-80 platesetters following a major pre-press upgrade to accompany its 17m (14m) Heidelberg spend.

Heidelberg partner IST Metz (Hall 2, stand B20) is demonstrating the benefits of its low energy UV drying technology on a Speedmaster XL 75-5+LX press at Drupa.

Indian manufacturer Uflex is attracting considerable attention at Drupa with its sparkling display of speciality holographic foils and films.

Henkel (Hall 14, stand B04) has strengthened its portfolio of bookbinding adhesives with the launch of the Smart Control automatic monitoring system, Purmelt MicroEmission adhesives and adhesives for...