Product News

Tech-ni-fold launches 'X Factor-style' global distributor hunt
UK-based auxiliary finishing equipment manufacturer Tech-ni-fold is on the hunt for people with “unquestionable passion for print finishing” to expand its global distribution network.

Xaar launches 501 GS8 wide-format inkjet printhead
Xaar has today launched its latest printhead for graphic applications, the Xaar 501 GS8, which features a new architecture that enables greater accuracy and consistency in drop velocity, size and...

PCS launches ‘shield’ data protection technology
Plastic card manufacturer Plastic Card Services (PCS) has unveiled its new technology designed to prevent personal and payment data from being accidentally swiped from contactless cards.

Landa secures €100m investment and updates press roll out plan
Landa Digital Printing has received a €100m (£80m) investment from specialty chemicals company Altana, which will be used to complete the commercialisation of the firm’s nanographic presses.

Kodak targets corrugated market with plate and platesetter launch
Kodak has extended its range of flexo platemaking products to address the corrugated packaging market with a new plate for corrugated pre-print and its largest flexo platemaker to date.

GPT expands product line and sales team
GPT has extended its media product line and boosted its sales team as part of a growth drive based on increasing consumables sales.

Printergage launches online print sales engine
Brighton-based start-up Printergage has developed an online sales engine for print companies that enables printers and print brokers to market their full product ranges to new and existing clients...

Dufex looks to roll out innovative foiling finish through partnerships
UK-based foiling specialist Dufex Foils has developed an award-winning patented engraved aluminium foil embossing finish for luxury packaging, labels and POS applications and is looking for UK print...

HP unveils 'page-wide' technology to rival Memjet
HP has announced a page-wide inkjet technology for wide-format printing, which challenges the Memjet-based machines from Canon, RTI and Xerox.

TCS unveils revamped CCM Premier cutting range
Finishing equipment distributor Terry Cooper Services (TCS) has unveiled the revamped CCM Premier guillotine range.

HP unveils upgraded Indigo portfolio
HP has upgraded the Indigo range of presses with new features that include a closed-loop colour control system that measures and adjusts every page to ensure page-to-page, job-to-job and...

B&W adds entry-level plotter–cutters to range
Flatbed cutting table manufacturer Blackman & White (B&W) has bolstered its own range of machines with a dealership for Graphtec FC8600 roll-fed plotter-cutters.

C&T Matrix launches long-run creasing matrix
C&T Matrix has launched Pink, a new creasing matrix optimised for long-run folding work.

Finishing Solutions targets growth with agencies
Finishing Solutions has branched out from its roots as a bespoke finishing machinery manufacturer having taken on the UK agencies for three different specialist machinery manufacturers.

GMG upgrades ColorServer
GMG has upgraded its ColorServer software to version 4.9, which includes support for PDF/VT-1, bringing automated colour transformation technology to high-volume digital printing applications.