Product News

Commercial printer Catford Print Centre has completes 100,000 investment for web2print strategy, following a successful foray into the market.

Benson Gateshead has invested in coating plate production equipment in a move away from outsourcing to reduce processing time and expand the variety of coating designs on offer.

Durst has launched two new Rho 1000 series wide format printers and an upgrade to its Durst Rho P10 series of printers ahead of this summer's Fespa 2013 exhibition in London.

BASF has announced it is taking steps to stop the distribution of counterfeit versions of its Irgacure 819 photoinitiator product.

Ricoh has announced a raft of updates to its software portfolio, including four updates to its TotalFlow workflow and a new cloud-based marketing services suite, MarcomCentral.

Fox Print Services has switched to Agfa Azura TS plates in a bid to reduce its costs and chemical waste.

Agfa has ceased to develop its flagship flatbed inkjet press, the M-Press, which was originally developed as a joint venture with screen-print press manufacturer Thieme.

North Plains has launched the first two products to use its new ConnectR technology, for clients of its Xinet production asset management system (formerly Xinet WebNative).

A paper partly derived from potato starch has been launched by Antalis.

Wide format distributor GPT will debut a new range of flatbed laminators from German manufacturer Ilatec, the LamiDesk, which it claims are the first to use a powered roller, later this month.

Three new finishing machines are bringing in new business for a Buckinghamshire family printer.

Cheshire commercial printer Johnsons of Nantwich has rounded off a 1.2m operational overhaul with a Horizon SPF/FC200L booklet production line.

Lichfield Printers has taken on the UK's first Mohr 80 Eco guillotine following its busiest ever month.

Encore Machinery has launched an entry-level PUR perfect binder which brings the functionality of larger binders to the budget market.

Océ has provided an update on its first packaging press, the Infinistream, and has begun assembling the first demonstration machine in its Customer Experience Centre (CEC), in Poing, Germany.