Post press

Creasing matrix and profile rubbers manufacturer C&T Channel Matrix has unveiled a new strategy of managed inventory for its larger UK customers.

Finishing specialist Alchemy Coatings has been placed into administration but its sister company Silk Hat Greetings has adopted the trading name and will continue trading the business.

Midland Regional Printers (MRP) will bring laminating services in-house later this year after investing £250,000 in new kit from Swedish manufacturer Lamina System.

Leeds Die Cutting (LDC) has enhanced its perfect binding and folding/creasing capabilities with the addition of two new Horizon machines from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

Decorative print finisher Ultra Finishing has expanded its in-house foiling capability by investing around £80,000 in a Yawa automatic foil stamping machine.

Quantum Print & Packaging has added two new machines to its kit line-up as it continues an ongoing investment drive that has so far seen it spend “over six figures” during the past 18 months.

Terry Cooper Services (TCS) has added the new Grafcut LCl 80 die-cutting system to its portfolio.

Trade finisher Ace Binding has invested in the UK’s first Renz Inline 500 Classic fully automatic punching and ring wire-binding machine.

Garment decoration manufacturer J&A International has installed its second Baumann Wohlenberg 115 guillotine this year.

Intec has unveiled its second-generation foiler and laminator, the ColorFlare CF1200.

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”.