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Aspect Press makes 7k a month saving after IFS spend Aspect Press is saving up to 7,000 a month on folding after a double investment with IFS.

Cookham, Berkshire-based Oasis Graphic Company has installed a 3.2m wide EFI Vutek 3250 machine to boost its wide format capabilities.

Commercial printer Remous has invested around 70,000 in a Horizon BQ270C single clamp perfect binder, a Perfecta guillotine and a Foliant laminator.

Commercial printer Cranfield University Press (CUP) has installed the UK's first Horizon PF-40L B3+ paper folder in order to improve its flexibility.

Packaging corporation PaperWorks Industries has purchased, and will be installing, a new Rapida 142 56-in seven-color press with UV capabilities at its Mt. Gilead, NC facility.

While low-cost chemicals may appeal, they could increase costs in the long term, warns Noli Dinkovski

Unlike much of the industry, platesetter manufacturers enjoyed a strong 2010 as newer, faster machines become essential, writes Noli Dinkovski

As they become more automated and easier to use, folders are increasingly seen as an essential part of any printer's set-up, writes Noli Dinkovski

Rather than treating online media as a potential rival, savvy printers are using both print and digital to better effect, writes <i>Noli Dinkovski</i>

Guillotines play a vital role in any print outfit so ensuring they function slickly and in tempo with the rest of the operation is key, discovers Noli Dinkovski

Converting printed stocks quickly and conveniently can bring a big boost to efficiency. Noli Dinkovski looks at the kit at the cutting-edge of the market

With competition for every scrap of print business extremely fierce at the moment, measuring and understanding costs and being able to respond quickly to customer demands is even more important than...

Printers were not convinced about the benefits of inline digital finishing until fairly recently. The fear was that it would slow down their machines and, more worryingly, impact productivity.

Colour management is not an area in which everyone has been willing to invest time and money. However, moving forward, it could prove an extremely important and competitively advantageous asset.

In an increasingly digital world, the screen press still has its place and, even though it's become more of a niche operation in recent years, it has a great many practitioners and admirers. While the...