Finishing

Flexpress has completed its transformation to become a full-service trade printer after investing in a Horizon StitchLiner 5500 with two VAC-1000 tower collators.

Creasing matrix and profile rubbers manufacturer C&T Channel Matrix has launched what it calls “a brand new concept in PVC creasing matrix”.

DTP has taken on a Magnum MCC-35AS cutter-creaser from Vivid Laminating Technologies to increase its efficiency.

Gallus has unveiled the Smartfire, an all-in-one digital label production line designed for the ultra-short-run entry-level market.

Resource has invested in a Foliant Taurus 530 NG laminator and a Horizon StitchLiner Mark III from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

Streets Process Colour has expanded its finishing capability after installing three new Renz machines to bring more work in-house.

Morgana Systems has taken on the UK master reseller/importer role for Uchida finishing kit as it looks to increase the Japanese manufacturer's UK presence and shorten delivery times.

Frip Finishing has invested £550,000 to increase its foiling and embossing capacity by taking on a new Brausse Signa 1060Fi and refurbishing a Bobst BMA 102.

Crescent Press has invested £1.5m to bolster its digital printing and finishing facilities, which included the installation of an HP Indigo 12000 and five Horizon systems.

Commercial print and packaging company Hartgraph has bumped up its capacity and streamlined its production after installing a new folder.

Warwick Printing Company has become one of the first printers to purchase Ashgate Automation’s KF640 bookletmaker and trimmer with a squarefold in-line unit.

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers has invested around £60,000 in a Horizon SPF-200A bookletmaker with two Horizon VAC-1000 collating towers to boost its capacity and efficiency.