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The Morgana machine can do A6 booklets and A4 landscape

NPC Print backs growth with Konica Minolta and Morgana spend

NPC Print is set to take delivery of a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4070 printer and a Morgana BM4035 bookletmaker to boost its productivity and support its growth trajectory.

Showcase Creative expands capacity, boosts automation

Showcase Creative is poised to complete a major investment in new equipment and robotics to boost automation and allow the firm to take on longer run work.

Paul Martin (C): The machines are so valuable we wanted a second

Wizbit doubles down on PFi Blades

Cassette and CD manufacturer Wizbit has installed a second Duplo PFI B2+ cutting table, less than a year after taking delivery of its first.

(L-R) Martin Reeve from IFS with Optichrome's Tony Clark and the Horizon BQ-270V

Optichrome brings perfect binding in-house with Horizon install

Commercial printer Optichrome has taken on a Horizon BQ-270V single-clamp perfect binder to enable it to offer faster turnaround times after bringing perfect binding in-house.

Tony Hards was well known and liked in the industry

Tony Hards RIP

Tony Hards, former chairman and managing director of Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) and Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE), has passed away.

Wüthrich (left): "We look forward to the coming decades"

Kern and Vortex plan sales push

Executives from Kern and its new partner Vortex Systems met up in Nottingham at the end of last year to discuss their plans for future sales and support in the UK.

(L-R) Peter Flynn and Mike Beese with DecTek's latest purchase

DecTek returns to IGS for ninth Titanium cutter

DecTek has taken on a new Titanium 330-R reel to reel digital label cutter from International Graphic Supplies (IGS) – the ninth cutter from the Titanium range it has purchased.

Sharman and Co's Horizon AFV-566FKT was installed in October

Sharman and Co ups flexibility with Horizon install

Newspaper printer Sharman and Co has taken on a Horizon AFV-566FKT fully automated folder to help deliver greater application flexibility.

Samuel (L): The Moll Compact Gluer has given Big Bang room to expand

Big Bang buys big for new business and label launch

Pontypridd’s Big Bang Print is diving into the label market with a brand-new Konica Minolta press, while simultaneously opening up massive room for growth in its digital carton production.

DS Smith buys sixth Bickers Gluejet for Ely

DS Smith has installed a high-spec Bickers Gluejet gluing plotter at its Ely operation – the sixth Gluejet device at the site.