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Ashgate launches digital book flattener
Ashgate Automation has developed the desktop Rolapress to rid books of the bulky spines achieved on traditional bookletmakers.
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Lowfield opts for MBO K530
Lowfield Printing Company has bought an MBO K530 combi folding machine, installed by Friedheim International over the past few weeks.
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DPZ doubles turnover with 250,000 investment
Digital Print Zone has boosted its turnover by 100% since being taken over by director Ali Buckman, who bought in a raft of new equipment in 2012.
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DCL Print chooses Kern for mailing growth
DCL Print has invested in a Kern 2500 inserter at its Gloucester plant to facilitate the growth of its mailing business.
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Friedheim takes on UK exclusive Kohmann distribution
Friedheim International has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for German finishing manufacturer Kohmann.
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Autumn Statement boost prompts investment at Vario Press
Vario Press has invested in a 600,000 Sakurai 575 press in a move inspired by the government's proposal, revealed in the Autumn Statement, to increase capital allowances to 250,000 from 1 January...
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BDT and HP sign £30m Tornado Technology deal
German OEM manufacturer BDT has signed a $50m (£30m) four-year deal to supply its Tornado paper transport technology for use in two of HP Indigo's new B2 digital presses.
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AB Print Group matches digital speed with Watkiss Powersquare 200
AB Print Group has taken on a Watkiss Powersquare 200 bookletmaker to finish its digital print with the quick turnaround and quality expected from customers.
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ArtSystems launches ONYX Epson Edition
Wide format distributor ArtSystems announces Onyx Epson Edition RIP for Epson SureColor printers.
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Vivid launches MF-530 automatic feeder for MX-530 laminator retrofitting
Vivid Laminating Technologies has launched an automatic feeder that can be retrofitted to its Matrix MX-530 multilingual single side laminators.
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Stones Printers replaces periscope guillotine with CCM78 M5
Commercial business Stones Printers has cut its overtime bill by investing in a CCM78 M5 guillotine to replace its 25-year-old predecessor.
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Altaimage becomes first UK Mohr 66 customer
Altaimage has bought the UK's first 660mm wide Mohr guillotine to pre-cut SRA2 sheets.
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Unibind launches digital Unifoiler for bespoke production
Finishing manufacturer Unibind has developed its own digital foil printer to enable businesses to produce one-off foil designs.
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Callas launches pdfGoHTML
Callas Software has launched a free Adobe Acrobat plug-in for converting tagged PDF files into HTML supporting the ISO PDF/UA standard for accessible PDF technology.
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Technique looks forward to life with EFI
Technique chief executive Paul Cooper has said it is "business as usual" following the MIS/ERP developer's sale to US-based EFI earlier this week.