Post-press

Precision moves up to SRA1 in £3m investment

Precision is investing £3m in a plant overhaul, including a move up to SRA1, a switch from Heidelberg to Ryobi presses, new plate makers and cutting and stitching kit.

Q&A: Thomas Berwick, apprentice, Point Control

Thomas has been in the industry for about 18 months in his apprentice role at Accrington-based print finishing business Point Control, where his father Richard is one of the firm’s founding directors....

Drupa stand highlights: post-press

The fourth in our series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.

A job’s not finished until it’s finished

Gone are the days when finishing could be called ‘the Cinderella of print’. While today’s industry mourns the commodification of print, there’s a greater awareness that it is the post-print processes...

A timely buy can expand your abilties

Peter Llewellyn and his team are good at filling gaps: first it was the town, then it was digital print. Now it’s foiling.

KP Services cuts ribbon on newspaper printing site

Fog caused a host of VIP guests to miss last week’s official opening of a new inkjet printing operation for newspapers on Jersey – neatly confirming the worth of the venue for national newspaper...

Rhin-O-Tuff partners with BDT Print Media for Tornado Autopunch EX

Binding kit manufacturer Rhin-O-Tuff has teamed up with German technology company BDT Print Media to produce the first automated punch system to use the latter's feeder technology.

Drupa launch for '6x faster' CreaseStream creaser

UK finishing kit manufacturer CreaseStream will use Drupa to launch a new manual creaser that costs less than £1,000.

Elle Media Group installs new Polar guillotine

Commercial printer Elle Media Group has taken delivery of a new Polar N 137 Pro guillotine to replace two older Polar guillotines.

Glossop Cartons takes world's first Highcon Beam

Glossop Cartons has followed up its world first Highcon Euclid installation by becoming the world’s first Highcon Beam beta site.