Post-press

Star product: MBO M80

A modular folder that can “grow and change with your business”.

Fine bindings go on display at St Bride

An exhibition of contemporary book binding is underway at London’s St Bride Foundation, featuring the craft of UK and USA-based fine binding specialists.

GI Solutions reveals £2m CMC investment

GI Solutions has revealed that the March launch of its digital envelope mailpack product was enabled by a £2m investment in a pair of JWR 30K paper wrappers from CMC Machinery.

Orchard boosts folding capacity with second Stahlfolder

Orchard Press Cheltenham has installed its second Stahlfolder in six months, a new TH 82 buckle folder with round continuous feeder.

Hugo Print hands Standing Stone its first Duplo and HP deals

Northumberland-based wide-format reseller Standing Stone signed off its first deals for Duplo and HP at Sign & Digital UK last week with a mammoth order from start-up firm Hugo Print.

Spectrum doubles folding capacity with Horizon install

Cardiff-based litho commercial printer Spectrum Printing has doubled its folding capacity after installing a B2 Horizon AFC-566FG folder from Intelligent Finishing Systems.

Getting to grips with digital’s post-press requirements

Ripe Digital discovered the importance of finishing the hard way. “When we bought our press, an HP Indigo, we thought ‘that’s it, we’re printers now’,” says director Richard Penny of when the company,...

First 4 in £500,000 DM expansion and re-equip

Trade finisher First 4 Print Finishing has invested more than £500,000 in its direct mail division and the completion of an upgrade to its stitching kit.

Color Company moves into distribution, bags major contract

The Color Company has set up a new distribution business, the Distribution Team, on the back of a major contract win with a household name.

HQ Graphics invests £680k in new equipment

HQ Graphics, the large format printing division of Harlequin Display Group, has invested £680,000 in an array of wide-format print and finishing equipment.