Post press

Duplo UK has strengthened its team with the addition of five new regional sales managers and a new UK marketing manager.

Intelligent Finishing Systems has been bought by its 30 employees after the post-press equipment supplier’s owners sold the business to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

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.

Trade printer Flexpress has become the first UK company to install the Horizon StitchLiner MKIII with the new high-capacity VAC-L600H tower collators.

Sheetfed magazine specialist Pensord and sister company Cambrian Printers will each take delivery of a new Polar 115N Plus guillotine next month.

Cirencester Print Finishers has gone into liquidation, with the loss of seven jobs.

DXG Media has increased its cutting capacity after installing a new Polar 115 Pro guillotine.

Trade finisher Leeds Die Cutting has bought a Horizon SPF-200L landscape feed bookletmaker to enhance its service offering.

Vivid Laminating Technologies has expanded its portfolio with the addition of a new flatbed cutter.

Northend has upgraded its finishing capabilities by taking on a Cellcoat Emerald 52 thermal laminator.

International Graphic Supplies (IGS) is set to launch a new short-run digital production line bundle consisting of a five-colour printer and a digital cutter-creaser.

Gomer Press is set to wind down its publishing arm in an effort to refocus on and protect its printing operations.