Finishing

Blackburn’s Modern Bookbinders, founded in 1930, will close in late December after 94 years in business, with machinery, customer book and website up for sale.

A company that provides trade finishing services has undergone a change of ownership, with its former production director taking a majority share in the business and becoming managing director, as its...

London-based print and design specialist Apprintable has installed a Multigraf Touchline CF375 creaser/folder to support its continued growth as the Christmas rush gets underway.

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has invited print suppliers to tender to supply €200,000 (£168,000) worth of finishing equipment to support inmate training.

The BPIF’s British Book Design & Production Awards 2024 are now open to entries.

Folio Print Finishing has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by its directors, David Robshaw and Andrew Bird, after two major customers entered insolvency.

Label and packaging finishing equipment manufacturer Bobst has launched a new consulting service, Bobst Application Management, to help advise packaging converters looking to enter new markets.

Duplo International will bring its entire portfolio of 26 of its machines to Drupa 2024, including four “ultra-secret” machines to be revealed at the show.

Two new feeders for Summa (1-D80) cutting tables have received their Fespa debut at the Belgian manufacturer’s stand in hall 1.

Leicester trade firm Flexpress installed a new Horizon HT-300 iCE trimmer in late February, boosting automated production in the process.

Commercial printer Optichrome has taken on a Horizon BQ-270V single-clamp perfect binder to enable it to offer faster turnaround times after bringing perfect binding in-house.

A Cambridgeshire-based man has triumphed in the Hand Engravers’ Association Christmas card competition with a piece that was silver die-stamped by Baddeley Brothers.