Goss International
www.gossinternational.com
Stand 7/C456
Goss’s M-600 Folia press, which produces sheets at the rate of 30,000sph off the end of a 16pp web press, could well be of interest to anyone in the market for a long perfector. Goss reports that it has received significant customer interest in the machine. The company has also said that it will further expand upon the ‘new ways to print’ theme it launched at Drupa two years ago.

Hans-Gronhi
www.printers-superstore.com
Stand 6/D542-E530
Printers curious to find out more about these affordable Chinese machines have the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at Ipex. On show will be a four-colour Sanxin model (Hans-Gronhi acquired Sanxin in 2008), along with four- and five-colour B3 presses from Hans-Gronhi, including the GH525.

Heidelberg
www.heidelberg.com
Stand Hall 8
The focus will be ‘lean and green’ production and the potential benefits customers can achieve through integrated production management. There will be a world first on show with the premiere of its FoilStar cold-foiling module, which features used foil indexing to minimise waste – Heidelberg puts the potential savings at as much as £0.08 per sheet. The company will also show its new Speedmaster CX 102 a hybrid of Heidelberg’s CD 102 and the XL 105 (see Star Product, above).

KBA
www.kba-print.de
Stand 6/D560
Four sheetfed presses from the German manufacturer will be on show, all of them with coaters. The waterless Genius 52 will be there in a five-colour UV plus coater configuration, and KBA is expecting the press to appeal to digital printers looking for an economical way to handle the sort of run lengths that sit between digital and litho. The ‘value-engineered- Rapida 75, on public display for the first time in the UK, will also be shown as a five-colour with coater along with some updates to the press technology.
 
Komori
www.komori.com
Stand 6/B520
Komori will be exhibiting its recently launched B2 press, the Ethrone 29 (see Star Product, p36), as well as printing the IpexDaily newspaper on a Lithrone 840P at 10.15am and 1.15pm each day on its stand. It’s also the first UK outing for the highly automated 18,000sph Lithrone LSX640 B1 press launched at Drupa.

Manroland
www.manroland.com
Stand 17/F921
Manroland won’t be taking any hardware to this year’s show, but it will be bigging up its product range and its membership of the PrintCity alliance which has developed a theme for the show of ‘Print: lean, green and seen’.

Mitsubishi
www.mhi-mpp.com/e
Stand 20/B630
As well as promoting its range of presses to Ipex’s overseas visitors, Mitsubishi will want to elaborate on its future plans for the UK market following the demise of Litho Supplies/GAE, which left it without a UK distributor. The Mitsubishi Diamond V3000 B1 press will be on show.

Muller Martini
www.mullermartini.com/gb
Stand 19/C750
This is the first major outing for Muller Martini since it took over the rights for Drent-Goebel’s VSOP press last year. It won’t be bringing a full press to the show, but it will have a printing unit on display to demonstrate how the clever sleeve technology works.

Presstek
www.presstek.com
Stand 7/C480
A worldwide premiere for direct imaging specialist Presstek as it launches its first B2 press, the 75DI. The new press features a traditional tower configuration enabling users to specify additional units for fifth or sixth colours, as well as coating. Also on show for the first time in Europe is the 52DI-AC four-colour B3 machine with.

Ryobi/Apex Digital Graphics
www.apexdigital.co.uk
Stand 6/C560
The exhibition will mark the official debut for the five-colour version of Ryobi’s 780 B2 press, which, in common with its B3 stable-mate, has a small footprint. The 785E’s press control system is built into the delivery end of the machine, resulting in a space requirement that Apex claims is around 40% less than a typical B2 press setup. The innovative LED-UV curing system seen at Drupa on a B3 press is now available across Ryobi’s range and will be shown on an 8-up press for the first time.

Timsons
www.timsons.com
Stand 6/E514
Timsons isn’t going to be bringing any presses to the show, but it will be using its presence to promote its new four-colour T14 book press along with the ZMR (zero makeready) and T48 models in its existing book range.