Business


MBA kicks off £3m equipment spend

MBA Group has bought two Pitney Bowes APS inserters and an FX10 encloser to kick off an investment programme that is expected to top £3m over the next nine months.

Sangorski & Sutcliffe modernise Coronation Bible for Diamond Jubilee

Bookbinder Sangorski & Sutcliffe is producing the commemorative Diamond Jubilee Bible 60 years after creating the Coronation Bible on which Elizabeth II swore her oath as queen.

1st Byte places order for B2 Landa and HP Indigo 7600

London-based 1st Byte has signed up for a B2 Landa digital press 12 years after ordering the then-Indigo equivalent.

Pre-pack proposals receive muted response from print

An online fact-sheet and new requirements for trade bodies to educate members on insolvency are among non-legislative changes being considered by the government, following a roundtable discussion on the issue of pre-packs.

Unite wins tribunal with print companies

Unite has won a failure to consult an unfair dismissal claim for members that worked at a number of companies owned by former print owner Phillip Moore.


In depth

Beecroft's proposals won't help business, finance will

Beecroft's proposals won't help business, finance will

25 May 2012

The bonfire of employment law proposed in the Beecroft Report is unlikely to be realised to anything like the extent its author has envisaged. For one thing, relations within the Coalition are strained enough as it is without heaping more pressure on...

 
 
Photobooks illustrate a digital divide

Photobooks illustrate a digital divide

25 May 2012

When photobooks first started gaining traction with the public, opening up a wonderland of consumer opportunities for printers, the novelty of uploading digital pictures and having them printed in a nicely bound book was enough to get people through ...

 
 
Buxton Press invests in Friedheim as expansion continues

Buxton Press invests in Friedheim as expansion continues

24 May 2012

Buxton Press has installed a further Friedheim MBO K800 folding machine and Palamides Alpha 700plus stacker as part of its £20m investment programme.

 
 
Agfa adds Veripress softproofing to Arkitex newspaper workflow

Agfa adds Veripress softproofing to Arkitex newspaper workflow

24 May 2012

Agfa Graphics has signed up to distribute Australia-based Serendipity Software's Veripress on-press softproofing system to its worldwide newspaper customers.

 
 

Product Portfolio

Product of the Week: Horizon StitchLiner 6000 Digital While inline systems might seem to have a natural advantage, this near-line challenger has charms all of its own, discovers Adam Hooker

Tried & Tested: Ricoh Pro 1356EX Ricoh says this robust production system was a game-changer in terms of reliability and productivity. Simon Creasey takes a look under the hood

Me & My... Foliant Gemini C400A Mike Corran, director at Colourxpress in Plymouth, tells Jon Severs how this machine answered a growing demand for an in-house laminating system

Star product: HP Designjet L28500 Printer A wide-format digital device that boasts durability and speed

Me & my... Taopix 2.5.8 photobook creation software The year is 1881, and brothers Herbert and Burgess Headley have just set up a printing press in a small room above their father's grocery shop. Their main aim is to print vegetable bags for the grocers, but they hope to also make a bit of cash by pri...

Star product: Xerox D Series A high-productivity digital mono machine that copies and prints


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