Post-press

Highcon Systems has raised $45m (£33.5m) through an Initial Public Offering of shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).

Heidelberg has deepened its relationship with major shareholder Masterwork Group through a new joint venture for the production of parts in China.

Vivid Laminating Technologies has added to its digital die-cutting offering as printers increasingly move to bring previously outsourced services in-house.

Press manufacturer Komori says it is “intensifying collaboration” with post-press specialist MBO acquired earlier this year.

Fujifilm is gearing up for the second part of its Real Production Show, and has decided to hold the live online events on a monthly basis due to the success of the initiative.

Heidelberg is claiming a world first after it showed the latest iteration of its autonomous production including jobs being folded without operator intervention.

BCA Group has installed the UK’s first PFi Blade B3+ digital cutting table from Duplo as it looks to reshape the business.

Fujifilm is planning an ambitious multi-country virtual event that will feature the production of a bespoke folding carton job using its own Jet Press 750S and two other manufacturers.

Sitma is the latest manufacturer to go public with its decision not to exhibit at Drupa 2021.

A West Country supplier of paper products to the crafting market has been fined nearly £90,000 after an employee’s fingers were severed in a punching machine.