Digital printing

CPI Books has reacted to “a significant shift” towards print-on-demand by buying six new Canon printers.

Bell & Bain has embarked upon a multimillion-pound investment programme, including the first Horizon Smart Binding System in Europe and a new KBA Rapida 145 large-format litho press.

Flint Group has agreed to acquire the majority shareholder of Xeikon, XBC BV, and use the press and consumables manufacturer as the basis of a new digital division.

Hampton Printing has gone chemistry-free as part of an investment of nearly £600,000 that also included a new Ricoh digital press.

Konica Minolta is today holding the worldwide launch of its fastest yet single-pass inkjet textile printer, plus three other smaller machines.

Entries are open for Fespa’s 2016 Awards, with the winners set to be unveiled at next year's Fespa Digital show in Amsterdam.

KBA’s latest quarterly results show more effects of its wide-ranging restructuring – the group is back in the black and more than 60% of sales now come from the packaging market.

Trade repro house Willows Magic has plugged into the cachet of the Heidelberg brand by installing a Linoprint CV digital press.

London-based digital specialist 1st Byte has been placed in administration, with fellow central London firm Rapidity buying some of its assets and its standalone business card operation.

BCQ Group is investing around £750,000 in a new die-cutter, a stitching machine and a new management information system (MIS).

HP could become the latest supplier to take its inkjet know-how into the sheetfed printing space, as the embryonic market heats up in the approach to Drupa 2016.

Mock-up and experiential agency Finish is hoping to transform its offering with a new Motioncutter high-speed digital laser cutter.