Books

The St Bride Foundation: the curators of the past set for future glory
The St Bride Foundation was in danger of becoming a forgotten cache of print's gilded history, but a new initiative is set to revive its influence

Rebranded MPG Printgroup prepares for Indigo 10000 arrival
MPG Books Group has rebranded as MPG Printgroup as it prepares for the arrival of the UK's first commercial installation of the HP Indigo 10000 and finalises its high-speed colour inkjet plans.

KBA revamps large format line-up with Rapida 164
KBA has announced the launch of a new sheetfed offset press, the Rapida 164, which has replaced the Rapida 162 and 162a models in its large format line-up.

Ashford Colour Press in £2m investment
Hampshire-based book printer Ashford Colour Press has invested in an HP T230 colour inkjet web press with inline Hunkeler Modular Glued Book Solution in a move to short-run colour book printing.

British Library tenders for book printing framework
The British Library has put out a tender in a bid to establish a framework of printers to call upon for book production.

Impika to show iPrint Compact at Hunkeler Innovationdays
French digital print specialist Impika will be showing its iPrint Compact single engine duplex digital colour printer feeding two finishing lines, one for book block and one for newspaper production,...

Xerox in twin colour press launch
Xerox has announced two new digital print engines aimed at in-plants, high street and commercial printers producing jobs ranging from photobooks and brochures to DM and catalogues.

Star product - Smyth F1088 book sewing machine
Those needing to stitch really big books won't find many options available, but this machine should fit the bill

Industry reacts to MLG buyout
Scottish printer Montgomery Litho Group's (MLG) resurrection has polarised industry opinion.

Unibind launches Tangerine Bus fulfilment service
Unibind has branched into fulfilment by offering customers a web-to-print service through its new website Tangerine Bus.