Post-press

KBA in die-cutting buy
KBA aims to bolster its offering to packaging printers by entering the die-cutting market through the acquisition of Iberica.

CP Bourg to launch new preparation module at Drupa
Printing and finishing equipment manufacturer CP Bourg has announced it will be launching its new modular Bourg Preparation Module (BPM) at Drupa.

Duplo links to HP Indigo in software first
Duplo International will become the first finishing manufacturer to link its remote machine monitoring service to HP’s PrintOS at Drupa.

Precision moves up to SRA1 in £3m investment
Precision is investing £3m in a plant overhaul, including a move up to SRA1, a switch from Heidelberg to Ryobi presses, new plate makers and cutting and stitching kit.

Q&A: Thomas Berwick, apprentice, Point Control
Thomas has been in the industry for about 18 months in his apprentice role at Accrington-based print finishing business Point Control, where his father Richard is one of the firm’s founding directors....

Drupa stand highlights: post-press
The fourth in our series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.

A job’s not finished until it’s finished
Gone are the days when finishing could be called ‘the Cinderella of print’. While today’s industry mourns the commodification of print, there’s a greater awareness that it is the post-print processes...

A timely buy can expand your abilties
Peter Llewellyn and his team are good at filling gaps: first it was the town, then it was digital print. Now it’s foiling.

KP Services cuts ribbon on newspaper printing site
Fog caused a host of VIP guests to miss last week’s official opening of a new inkjet printing operation for newspapers on Jersey – neatly confirming the worth of the venue for national newspaper...

Rhin-O-Tuff partners with BDT Print Media for Tornado Autopunch EX
Binding kit manufacturer Rhin-O-Tuff has teamed up with German technology company BDT Print Media to produce the first automated punch system to use the latter's feeder technology.