Presses

Breaking down lending barriers
Printers face many hurdles when it comes to accessing capital in the current economic climate, says Jo Francis, but there are banks still lending and ways to improve your business's chances

EFI Fiery RIP integrated into Xerox iGen4
EFI's Fiery platform has been integrated into Xerox's iGen4 digital presses as part of the EX Print Server.

Xaar plans 'substantial' investment in P3 capacity following strong first half
Inkjet printhead manufacturer Xaar has taken a bullish view of future growth, reversing the planned closure of its Swedish facility and investing in new capacity at its Huntingdon site following a...

Autoprint notches 50 installations of mini offset presses in Gorakhpur
Autoprint, the Coimbatore-based manufacturer has notched up more than 50 installations of mini offset print machines in Gorakhpur, a town in eastern UP.

Healeys adds cartridge inking for first B2 press
Ipswich-based Healeys is to install additional handy.fill inking systems to a Heidelberg machine it installed to take it into the B2 market.

Southernprint press minder escapes serious injury after folder incident
A number one printer was lucky to escape serious injury last week after his hand became trapped in the folding unit of a 72pp lithoman press for almost an hour.

KBA halves first half pre-tax loss following upswing in orders
KBA has halved its pre-tax loss to 22m euro (18m) for the first half of 2010, following an upswing of 39% in new orders.

Heidelberg improves Q1 figures but remains on course for full-year net loss
Press manufacturer Heidelberg posted improved results for its first quarter, citing Ipex and other shows as key sales drivers.

Edale Beta 250/330
A long history of constant development has put Edale's Beta at the forefront of narrow web technology, discovers Nosmot Gbadamosi

Manroland 700
Kevin Scott, managing director of Richard Edward, tells Jon Severs that a strong support network and quick turnarounds were the key to this buy