Printers

W&G Baird installs Speedmaster XL 106-8-P as part of £4m investment

W&G Baird has made a bumper £4m investment – backed by the Bank of Ireland - that includes a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8-P with Inpress Control 2 and a Kolbus KM600 perfect binding line.

Heidelberg fires up digital rebrand

Heidelberg has restructured its digital printing portfolio with a digital product line rebrand.

Heidelberg and Fujifilm unveil Primefire 106 B1 industrial inkjet press

Heidelberg has revealed further details about its new B1 sheetfed inkjet press, developed jointly with Fujifilm, which it will show for the first time at Drupa.

McLellan bolsters digital set-up with Konica spend

McLellan Printing has invested around £30,000 in a new Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C1060L to boost its capabilities and quality.

InkTec to show first LED UV printer at Fespa

InkTec will publicly unveil its first LED UV Printer at Fespa Digital next month.

Kelgray installs fifth Edale press

Kelgray has cut job running times by up to 50% after installing its fifth Edale press, a 250mm-wide FL1 machine.

Digitalprinting.co.uk boosts capacity with HP Indigo press and SmartStream buy

Digitalprinting.co.uk has invested in HP’s SmartStream Production Centre for its new Series 3 Indigo 7R press and two existing Indigo machines as it prepares for a push into trade printing.

Pepper founder Steven Whitford dies

Steven Whitford, founder of family-run Plymouth print and direct mail firm Pepper, has died aged 65.

Screen Europe to show upgraded Truepress Jet at Fespa

Screen Europe will show the latest iteration of its Truepress Jet 3200UV flatbed printer publicly for the first time at Fespa Digital in March.

'Walmart of packaging' invests £500,000 in manufacturing

One of Scotland's fastest growing label makers and printers has bought a Mark Andy LP3000 to improve speed and print quality to further target premium brands.

Central Mailing Services invests £500k in new kit and premises

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested around half a million pounds in new machinery and a new unit in a move that is expected to increase its turnover by more than 50%.

Firstan invests £6m in double Komori purchase

Firstan Quality Packaging has invested £6m in two Komori 18,000sph presses - a six-colour Lithrone GX40 with coater and a multi-unit Lithrone GX40RP with reverse printing and coating.