Printers

Staff at two RR Donnelley sites in Gloucestershire are set to hold a protest later this week because of a dispute over changes to their terms and conditions.

Chancellor George Osborne announced a number of business tax reforms in a Budget speech yesterday (16 March) that was largely welcomed by the print industry.

Catford Print Centre is forecasting a growth in short-run hardback books and has installed a Fastbind system to meet the expected rise in demand.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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