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1st Byte fits GAE perfect binder

1st Byte has completed a deal at Digital Print World to buy a 23,000 Horizon BQ-270 perfect binder from Graphic Arts Equipment.

Offset chooses Bobst SPanthera die-cutter

Offset Productions has installed an SPanthera 106 LE die-cutter, replacing two older machines.

In Brief Post-Press

Encore Machinery has launched a compact PitStop creaser and MB folder combo machine. The MB 35 SRA3 folder dovetails with both PitStop high-speed digital creasers, running at 8,000 and 3,600 sheets...

The Digital People wins UK rights for HP Indigo

The Digital People has been handed channel partner status with HP Indigo.

Sale puts Anacomp on booklet market map

Anacomp has sold its first Ricoh digital printer into the booklet production market.

NexPress 2100 for Forward

Poetry printer and publisher Forward Press has installed a new NexPress 2100.

E Ink designs prototype e-paper

Electronic paper that is as thin as the real thing and could one day replace printed newspapers has gone on display at a trade show in Japan.

Hampton picks up two Speedmaster XL 105s

Hampton Printing has invested 5m in two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105s plus a host of finishing kit for its Bristol facility.

Printers likely to face legal battles

Print companies have been warned by the BPIF to budget for the cost of legal disputes and take steps to minimise the chance of going to court.

Haymarket to move to single repro supplier

Haymarket Group will move to a sole pre-press supplier arrangement from January.

Fuji lands huge UK plate deal

Fuji has scooped the UKs biggest plate supply deal with an agreement to supply all of newspaper group Trinity Mirrors print sites.

DotLine boosts range with platesetters

German CTP newcomer DotLine has expanded its range with two platesetters aimed at the commercial and newspaper markets.

Clifford buys UKs first hybrid-ink KBA 162a

Clifford Press is set to install the UKs first large-format sheetfed press with hybrid-ink technology.

Clowes targets rivals market

William Clowes new owners plan to muscle in on the book market of Clays, Mackays and Polestar Wheatons following its management buyout.

Battle Stamps

The Royal Mail has issued a set of six commemorative stamps to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar.