Product News

Ashgate launches digital book flattener

Ashgate Automation has developed the desktop Rolapress to rid books of the bulky spines achieved on traditional bookletmakers.

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.

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.

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.

Friedheim takes on UK exclusive Kohmann distribution

Friedheim International has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for German finishing manufacturer Kohmann.

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...

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.

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.

ArtSystems launches ONYX Epson Edition

Wide format distributor ArtSystems announces Onyx Epson Edition RIP for Epson SureColor printers.

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.

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.

Altaimage becomes first UK Mohr 66 customer

Altaimage has bought the UK's first 660mm wide Mohr guillotine to pre-cut SRA2 sheets.

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.

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.

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.