Post press

Encore Packaging Solutions has spent £250,000 to give itself a big production boost with new kit from Bobst.

Highcon has unveiled three new machines it will launch at Drupa that it said will open up digital cutting and creasing to new markets.

London-based POS specialist SMP Group has invested in a second Diecut Goldline manual die-cutter to further increase its safety and productivity.

Organisers of last week’s Real Print and Finish open house have praised the second edition of the three-day event, which attracted visitors from more than 100 companies.

Duplo is looking to ring up well over £1m of business after hosting its second annual two-day Northern Lights event last week.

Stephens & George is making a multimillion-pound investment in new Muller Martini equipment for its bindery in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest finishing spend for a decade.

Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) took its latest range of cutting tools to Fespa Digital, including a larger router and its biggest range of balanced tools yet.

The UK's first Kama ProFold 74 folder-gluer is due to be installed in the North West of England later this month to bring a sharper competitive edge on more specialist types of work.

Laminator manufacturer Foliant has unveiled a new retrofittable product that it claims will make spot varnish fast and affordable for short-run and personalised print applications.

Catford Print Centre is forecasting a growth in short-run hardback books and has installed a Fastbind system to meet the expected rise in demand.

W&G Baird has made a bumper £4m investment – backed by the Bank of Ireland - that includes a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8-P with Inpress Control 2 and a Kolbus KM600 perfect binding line.

Heidelberg is set to show new Stahlfolder models at Drupa, which are said to offer up to 50% higher productivity than existing models.