Disciplines

Swiftprint brings foiling in-house
Commercial printer Swiftprint has brought in a Matrix MX-370DP digital foiling and laminating System along with an Easycoat gluing system to bring foiling in-house.

Xaar anticipates sales boost in H2
Half-year sales at Xaar will be down on 2016, but the group is expecting a more buoyant second half of the year.

BCQ secures Duplo UK first
Commercial printer BCQ Group has become the first UK company to buy a Duplo DC-746 multi-finisher complete with Integrated Folding System, in a bid to reduce bottlenecks in its digital department....

Paper industry veteran becomes Stationers’ Master
Former Thameside Group chairman Nick Steidl has been elected master of the Stationers' Company after serving as a liveryman for 27 years.

Park splashes out on high-spec Rapida with UK firsts
Park Communications has invested in a highly specified KBA Rapida 106 with features new to the UK, its second KBA press investment in 18 months.

Ellison invests in digital
Commercial printer Ellison Printing has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C2060P to ramp up its digital operation.

Cepac in £2m bespoke packaging site investment
Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac is investing £2m to kick off a programme of expansion at its Rawcliffe Bridge site, which focuses on bespoke packaging supply.

UK Bookbinders moves into laminating
South West-based finishing firm UK Bookbinders has installed a Komfi Delta 52 as part of a £250,000 investment programme for H2 2017.

Print Academy embraces LED-UV
The Print Academy has retrofitted an LED-UV curing system to its existing litho press, in a bid to "establish a new USP".

Needham Group launches own brand equipment distribution business
UK ink manufacturing specialist Needham Group has created Needham Coding Distribution to push its new inkjet range into the global market.