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Kluge International has partnered up with Eagle Systems to sell and support Eagle cold foil-systems in the UK and Ireland.

Last year was a momentous one for 135-year-old Bookbinders of London. It moved to Hertford and sold the building it had occupied since its 1880 start in Holloway Road, Highbury.

Creasing matrix and profile rubbers manufacturer C&T Matrix has strengthened its commercial and technical team with the appointment of a new technical sales manager for the UK and Europe.

Staff at trade finisher Point Control Print Finishing have been praised for their quick thinking after one of their colleagues collapsed while having a heart attack.

Trade print finisher and book binder Cliftons is targeting double-digit year-on-year growth after investing more than £1m in a range of new equipment.

The final phase of the year-long fundraising campaign for PrintIT! is underway and it involves a 565km run – the equivalent of running to, gulp, Drupa.

Print finishing specialist Celloglas is set to launch a gloss spot trade service after installing a Scodix Ultra digital press.

Commercial printer Barnwell Print has seen a 30% boost in section work throughput after investing in a new MBO folding machine.

Addison Print has installed the UK’s first Valiani flatbed cutting table, a Vivid 530 laminator and a Morgana System 2000 collator and bookletmaker.

Heidelberg’s Diana Smart series of carton folder-gluers have been expanded to feature new options, as well as a new 1,150mm format model.