Sheetfed

Grafenia has begun a radical overhaul of its Manchester printing hub that will see three B1 presses replaced with one new high-spec eight-colour perfector.

Warners Midlands has kicked off the new year by breaking ground for its its third factory – a press and bindery hall.

Koenig & Bauer (K&B) has bought an 80% stake in the folder-gluer business of manufacturer Duran Machinery in a deal that will enable K&B to offer a complete folding box production line.

Sun Chemical has announced the global release of its premium sheetfed offset process inks, SunLit Publish, for commercial printers.

Taylor Bloxham is the 2018 recipient of Koenig & Bauer’s annual 1814 Production Excellence Award.

Orders continue to rise at Koenig & Bauer but sales at the press manufacturer have been hit by a bottleneck in parts supply that has hit delivery schedules.

Xerox has upgraded its Brenva HD B3-plus format sheetfed printer as a response to increasing demand for colour inkjet pages.

Manchester print firm G&H has now officially gone into administration.

A number of employees have been laid off at the sheetfed and digital operations of G&H Print Services, and the firm’s website has been taken down.

Heidelberg has reported an increase in orders and turnover as it closes the first quarter of the 2018-19 financial year, with its longer-term targets looking increasingly “realistic”.

Manroland Sheetfed parent company Langley Holdings said the press manufacturing operation was “slightly ahead of plan” in the first half of 2018 but overall group revenue and profit was down.

G&H has sought protection from its creditors as it searches for a buyer to take over the business after suffering a six-figure bad debt.