Post-press

IFS boosts team with key hires
Intelligent Finishing Systems has added two key hires on the back of growing demand for complex, automated post-press systems.

Knockout Print ups the cut with Vivid Veloblade install
Kent-based digital and wide-format specialist Knockout Print has installed a brand-new 2.5x1.6m Vivid Veloblade Nexus 2516 at its Matfield facility, east of Tunbridge Wells.

BGM reveals new 22’’ label slitter-rewinder
Bar Graphic Machinery (BGM) will launch a new 550mm (22’’) inspection slitter rewinder for self-adhesive labels at the end of March.

More names reveal Hunkeler launches and exhibits
Six more exhibitors have outlined what they will be showing at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne later this month.

Books celebrated at BBD&P Awards
The Folio Society was a big winner at the British Book Design & Production Awards.

VMGS Installations bolsters finishing with JWEI JCUT
Leicestershire wide-format firm VMGS Installations has boosted its finishing capacity with a brand-new 3.2m JWEI JCUT-3230 cutting table.

Bobst pushes upgrades for Expertcut 106 PER following Drupa reveal
Bobst has pushed several upgrades to its Expertcut 106 PER die-cutter to market following their Drupa launch, including a retrofittable machine plate to reduce and compensate for platen deformation –...

Wilkins sharpens up cutting capacity with another Bobst Expertcut
Retail packaging firm Wilkins has installed a Bobst Expertcut 106 PER 3.0, its fourth Expertcut in the cutting room, bringing the firm to a total of seven die-cutters.

Heidelberg to unveil new nearline post-press system at HID
Heidelberg will hand a world premiere to a new nearline post-press system at the upcoming Hunkeler Innovationdays, where it will also showcase the Jetfire 50 in its new livery.

Welshpool Printing Group gets up to speed with Horizon install
Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has installed a brand-new Horizon CRF-362 folder-creaser, helping the company run finishing work more efficiently, and automating several hand-folded applications.