Sheetfed

J Thomson Colour Printers is the recipient of this year’s Koenig & Bauer UK 1814 Production Excellence Award.

Heidelberg has posted a first-half profit for the first time in a decade.

Heidelberg is upping production of its Primefire 106 B1 sheetfed inkjet press in the face of an “overwhelming” market reaction to the device.

Northern Irish sheetfed printer W&G Baird has become the first UK company to install a B1 Komori Lithrone GL840P H-UV, rounding off an 18-month £6m investment period.

Koenig & Bauer has rejected the findings of the Smithers Pira report into the productivity of used sheetfed presses, while arch-rival Heidelberg – which PrintWeek has learned paid for the study – has...

Smithers Pira has ignited a debate about press productivity with the publication of a white paper on the performance of pre-owned presses that comes down heavily in Heidelberg’s favour.

On the eve of celebrations to mark its 200th anniversary, KBA has reiterated its commitment to “profitable growth” by focusing on special press applications.

Flint Group has launched its Xcura Evo LED-UV sheetfed inks, intended for LED-UV and low-energy drying applications.

Pensord is expanding significantly with the acquisition of fellow Welsh print firm Cambrian Printers.

Anton Group owed trade creditors £6.9m and had an estimated total shortfall of almost £13.4m when it collapsed earlier this year.

Printing & Packaging Co has upped capacity and enhanced its print offering with a new seven-colour KBA Rapida 106 with double-coater.

KBA Group posted 20% more orders in the first quarter of 2017 than in the same period last year with a “substantial increase” in orders for medium-format sheetfed presses, particularly in southern...