Presses

Boxes Prestige has invested in two seven-unit Manroland 700 B1 presses to "considerably" increase capacity and remain competitive in the packaging-printing marketplace.

ATE Enterprises and Magyar United - part of the MarquipWardUnited group - in co-operation with Ameco Raster, have announced their association for the Indian market.

Taylor Bloxham has defied the economic slowdown with a 1.5m investment in new pre-press, printing and finishing equipment, giving it up to a 30% boost in productivity.

Glasgow-based Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) has produced a new look trade brochure for its long-standing client Glenmuir.

Astute Scotland has entered the five-colour market after investing in its first Ryobi 525GX B3 machine.

Levenmouth Printers has become the first Scottish printer to invest in Sanxin's four-colour YK524 press.

Short-run book printer Bell & Bain has turned its back on digital for its book covers after investing in Heidelberg's Anicolor short-run litho technology.

Self-adhesive label specialist Royston Labels has invested more than 1m in a 12-colour Nilpeter FA4 combination press in order to increase capacity.

Heidelberg has recorded a 23% rise in incoming orders to Euro1.151bn (911.6m), but has experienced a drop in sales in the three months to 30 June.

B&B Press has marked the purchase of two Sakurai presses in its 50th anniversary year with a sake drum ceremony attended by Ryuta Sakurai, the Japanese manufacturer's president.

High-end printer D2 has said that Heidelberg's Speedmaster XL 75 "wipes out the potential for digital" with its faster makereadies and quality.