Presses

Precision Printing's HP Indigo 10000 is set to be delivered at the end of this month.

Whitchurch-based printer John Dollin has invested nearly 1m in a Speedmaster XL 75-5+L and Suprasetter 105 CtP system.

Potts Print (UK) said that its latest press installation had increased the firm's capacity for B2 format work and would cut customer turnaround times.

Direct imaging press manufacturer Presstek has said that the proposed acquisition will provide a range of benefits as well as boosting the company's financial resources.

Rotherhithe, London-based SPM Print has invested 850,000 in a new Speedmaster XL 75-5 plus coater to replace two older SM 74-5 presses.

Label printer Craig and Parsons has invested in its fourth Beta 330 flexopress from UK manufacturer Edale.

Xeikon has cited the 'Drupa effect' for a 1.1m (874,000) year-on-year decline in net profit and a 1.9m fall in pre-tax profit during the six months to June 2012.

Commercial press sales was one of the few bright spots as Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced an $8.9bn (5.6bn) third quarter loss.

Croydon College claims it expects to have made 500,000 savings by 2015 after it employed Ricoh to re-equip its printroom facilities.

Eckhard Horner-Marass has been appointed to the vacant managing director position at Manroland Web Systems.

Santa Ana, CA-based Foster Printing has bought a new KBA Rapida 205 81-inch, six-color UV press in order to meet demand for larger formats in everything from point-of-purchase displays to packaging.

American Industrial Partners (AIP), the private equity firm that owns narrow and mid-web flexo press manufacturer Mark Andy, has launched a bid to acquire Direct Imaging press builder Presstek.