Equipment suppliers

Nazdar inks distributor hands UK debut to Longier wide-format printers
Lancashire-based Quality Print Services (QPS) has launched Longier's range of UV LED wide-format printers in the UK.

I-Sub Digital to launch Agfa Anapurna M2500i in UK
Wide-format equipment supplier I-Sub Digital will distribute the new Agfa Anapurna M2500i in the UK from January 2015, following its worldwide launch at SGIA Expo in Las Vegas this week (22-24...

Polar N guillotine gets touchscreen in redesign
Polar has unveiled a redesigned version of its Polar N guillotine, the Polar N HD, which features a new touchscreen operating panel and a "cockpit-style" operator environment.

Imprint Group targets new markets following £2m Inca spend
Imprint Group has become the first printer in the UK to install both the Inca Onset S50i and the Onset R40i as part of a nearly £2m upgrade to its wide-format digital print capability.

Speedscreen follows up press install with Kongsberg investment
Speedscreen has invested £200,000 in a Kongsberg C64 cutting table to remove a finishing bottleneck arising from its installation of a Durst 1012 in June 2013.

IFS relocates to Hemel Hempstead
Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) has moved from Perivale, West London to a purpose-built site in Hemel Hempstead to modernise its premises and enable easier access for its customers.

Ink price hike fears grow as manufacturers’ margins shrink
While there is generally a more buoyant mood in the industry at the moment, there is an increasingly insistent murmur that ink prices may be on the rise.

Value packaging: branching out needn’t break the bank
The development of hover boards and flying cars may not seem to have much in common with commercial printers taking on packaging printing, but there is a key similarity: for years all three have been...

Scodix to launch Scodix Ultra Pro and Spot 80 polymer at Graph Expo
Scodix will unveil a new polymer designed to replicate the effect of a litho or screen printed spot UV together with a new version of its Scodix Ultra press at next week's Graph Expo exhibition in...

Gallus claims quality and cost USPs with new digital label line
??Gallus has described its new Digital Converting System for label production as having "game changing" capabilities compared with rival inkjet label presses.