Litho

Pepper in £1.6m kit spend

Pepper Communications has invested £1.6m in litho and digital technology to enhance its press efficiency and automation.

Dixon Printing Company kit up for auction

The machinery belonging to a printer founded in 1895 that went into liquidation earlier this month is being sold via online auction.

Mitchell & Wright enters liquidation

Mitchell & Wright Printers has gone into liquidation, with the loss of 13 jobs.

Chapel shoulders increased workload with new Speedmaster

Chapel Press has bought a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 75 to accommodate a recent surge in orders.

Heidelberg revamps CX 75 and XL 75

Heidelberg is relaunching its B2 range of Speedmasters with an ergonomic redesign engineered for user-friendliness and reduced operator workloads.

Print firms join forces to hit M&A trail

The owners of Geoff Neal Group and Hardings Print Solutions have joined forces to buy trade finisher and printer Evoteam in the first part of a strategy to create a multi-faceted, full-service...

Positive partners with Colouration

Positive Images UK and Colouration have partnered to form a new larger print group.

Swallowmax enters administration, sold to Printwize

Swallowmax has entered administration and its goodwill is being sold to Printwize, which hopes to recover turnover after a high-level "exodus" at the start of the year.

Kingsbury takes B1 Speedmaster ahead of bumper relocation

Kingsbury Press is set to install a new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102-6 B1 press onto new premises nearly six times the size of its current home ahead of a full move.

Integrity adds medical bag service after rival liquidates

Integrity Print has taken on two new finishing lines that previously belonged to the now-liquidated Tressanda in order to add the manufacture of medical specimen bags to its services.

Mandatum sings praises of new Komori and GEW lamp system

Mandatum Ink has installed a Komori Lithrone S529 H-UV press and configured it with a LeoLED lamp system from GEW to optimise its output of sleeves for vinyl records.

Saxoprint joins Vpress Coreprint Pro platform

Online printer Saxoprint has integrated its product range with the Vpress Coreprint Pro web-to-print platform in order to tap into a wider market of potential clients and simplify ordering.