Post-press

Palamides has introduced a mail delivery system targeted at the direct mail and high-volume transactional markets to take advantage of the industry's move away from bags to trays.

A general commercial printer in Leeds expects to increase its turnover by hundreds of thousands of pounds after upgrading its Horizon bookletmaker.

Wide-format printer The Colour Crew has increased its efficiency and brought more of its work in-house after purchasing a DYSS X7-1630C cutting table.

Meler Gluing Solutions' two UK agents have joined forces to set up Meler Bookbinding Division, which will drive worldwide sales of Meler's PUR conversion systems.

Marstan Press has boosted its finishing capabilities by investing in a new Heidelberg Stahlfolder KH 66, a reconditioned Heidelberg Platen and a secondhand Horizon HT-30 three-edge trimmer.

Heidelberg’s Drupa exhibit will focus on customer demands caused by the industrialisation of printing, under the banner theme of ‘Simply Smart’.

Labelling manufacturer Watermill Press has invested more than £100,000 in bespoke label finishing equipment to help it to secure a major contract worth £500,000.

Muller Martini aims to harness the zeitgeist around the so-called 'internet of things' and is promising to showcase 'Finishing 4.0' at next year’s Drupa exhibition.

Bolton-based wide-format printer Impression has invested more than £150,000 in a DYSS X7-1624C digital cutting table with Superhead and a Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C1070 digital press.

Bell & Bain has embarked upon a multimillion-pound investment programme, including the first Horizon Smart Binding System in Europe and a new KBA Rapida 145 large-format litho press.