Post-press

Business inspection: Coatings lead to healthier performance
Geoff Neal Litho found inline aqueous coatings offer a low-cost way of adding value.

Doveton Press invests £1.3m to maximise efficiency
Doveton Press has invested £1.3m in a site extension, Tharstern MIS, and new print and finishing equipment including a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-4+L, as it looks to maximise efficiency at its...

DCS boosts finishing operation with triple Duplo investment
Digital print and typesetting company Digital Creative Services (DCS) has bought a range of new Duplo finishing equipment to boost its productivity and bring previously outsourced services in-house.

K+L Laminators cuts finishing bottleneck with Polar guillotine buy
Trade finisher K+L Laminators has invested in a Polar N115 guillotine with stacklift, jogger and pile-turner to boost its production capacity.

Pure POS invests £550k in wide-format print and cutting equipment
Lutterworth-based wide-format printer Pure Point of Sale (Pure POS) has invested £550,000 in new print and cutting equipment, including an HP Scitex FB7600 flatbed digital printer and a DYSS X7-3216...

Heidelberg launches first packaging post-press products since Masterwork deal
Heidelberg unveiled a new die-cutter and two new additions to its Diana folder-gluer range at its two-day Packaging Days open house in Wiesloch-Walldorf this week.

New finishing business opens in Poole
A new finishing company, which offers a range of hand finishing and 3D POS finishing and assembly services, has opened in Poole, Dorset.

CP Bourg founder dies
Christian-Pierre Bourg, founder of print finishing equipment manufacturer CP Bourg Group, has passed away aged 89.

FastAnt upgrades HP Scitex FB7600 with varnish system
FastAnt, the digital printing and fulfilment arm of the Taylor Bloxham Group, has upgraded its HP Scitex FB7600 digital flatbed printer to add a multi-functional varnish system and boost productivity.

The Fleece Press wins Best British Book at BPIF Book Awards
Huddersfield-based private press The Fleece Press scooped the Best British Book award at last week's BPIF British Book Design and Production Awards 2014.