Equipment suppliers

Coca-Cola is behind the biggest-ever use of HP Indigo kit for a 'personalised' promotion, involving a massive print run of 800m labels.

Screenprint and digital equipment supplier RA Smart and dye-sub equipment supplier i-Sub, have agreed distribution deals for the Epson SureColor SC-F7000 and SC-F6000 dye-sublimation printers.

Northumberland's Potts Print has finalised its finishing upgrade with an MBO B30/444 folder, taking the total investment to around £530,000.

The UK arm of UV ink and coatings manufacturer Zeller + Gmelin will be at North Print and Pack this year for the first time as a means to promote its presence in the offset market.

Busch Graphic Machinery UK is celebrating a bumper first quarter, selling more machines at the start of 2013 than the two previous years combined.

Benson Gateshead has invested in coating plate production equipment in a move away from outsourcing to reduce processing time and expand the variety of coating designs on offer.

RnB Direct Mail has invested 80,000 in a nine-station Buhrs BB300 envelope inserting system with camera matching.

Midland-based printing firm Emmerson Press recorded its best ever quarter at the start of this year, with 1m in sales.

Finishing equipment supplier Watkiss Automation is hoping for a sales boost for three of its newest machines when showing them at North Print and Pack next month.

KAS Paper Systems has released a new creaser with an operating system that has a facility for future downstream attachments.