Litho

Rapidity has re-entered the litho game with a new £1.5m litho division at its Sidcup site, following its transfer of digital printing to central London, printing double shifts within weeks of opening.

Award-winning scrap metal start-up Metaloop has launched Metaloop Portal, a hub that helps printers manage their scrap metal and sell it for as high a price as possible.

Commercial printer Gemini has ceased trading and said it intends to enter administration later this week.

Cotswolds-based Vale Press has celebrated its upcoming 40th anniversary with its purchase of a brand-new SRA1 press from RMGT, due for installation in January 2025.

Fine Print Services has acquired Technique Print Group in a bid to create “the biggest, busiest and best equipped commercial printer in Oxfordshire”.

Award-winning Resource has upgraded its litho offering by switching to LED-UV.

Severn has produced a children’s book based on Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

Northwolds Print Works is eyeing further growth after investing £320,000 in refreshing its litho setup and creating a new mezzanine level at its factory to support a renewed contract with its largest...

Zenith Print Group has signed an order with Heidelberg for a second hybrid Speedmaster XL 106-5+LX3, a B1 five-colour with coater, and three new Polar N115 Plus guillotines.

Drupa organisers have revealed they are “getting to the final fine-tuning” of the 2020 event, with nearly all of the show’s 19 halls now fully booked.

Bell & Bain has revealed the latest stage of its ongoing £20m-plus investment programme – two new Rapida 145 large-format presses from Koenig & Bauer.

Scantech has installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 at its new Hastings premises to replace an XL 75.