Post press

Thomas Loughlin has taken on a Trimatt pick-and-place machine and a Blumer Atlas ram punch to enhance its print finishing after receiving a £250,000 invoice finance facility.

Bridger Packaging has hired six new skilled members of staff to accommodate a boost in demand the resulted from a near-£1m haul of new Bobst kit.

Watkiss Automation directors Paul and Susan Attew have retired from the business to pursue their other interests outside of the printing industry.

Poplar Services Printers has installed a Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker with sights on a significant boost in the productivity of its digital output.

NSK has brought its Zero multi-head modular cutting system back to Fespa with improved productivity and new tooling.

Summa has premiered what it is billing as the “fastest cutting system in the world” at Fespa 2019.

Esko has premiered its new motorised roll feeder at Fespa to improve cutting productivity on its Kongsberg C64 flatbed cutter.

Blackman & White has handed a world premiere to its new Genesis-Z multi-function cutting system at Fespa.

Coating and laminating machine manufacturer Nordmeccanica has appointed Redfern Machinery as its new exclusive agent for the UK and Ireland.

German antitrust authorities have stymied Heidelberg’s planned takeover of MBO, and the deal will not go ahead.

Mailmate Print has completed a £750,000 investment drive with the installation of a new Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker with a VAC-1000 tower collator.

Tabbers has bought a Duplo Digital 600 system with trimmer to enable it to complete all bookletmaking work in-house.