Review

Me & my: Bobst 20SIX CS CI flexo press

Flexible’ was the key word for flexible packaging company Ultimate Packaging. Because the last thing operations director Jon McCarthy needed when he sought a new press was a specialist model, when his...

Star product: Roland VersaExpress RF-640 8 Colour

An extended inkset makes this eco-solvent stalwart stand out.

Star product: EFI Vutek h3

A next generation mid-range hybrid built entirely from the ground up.

Me & my: KAS Paper Systems Kasfold 640 bookletmaker

Multitasking is good, but doing two things at once has its drawbacks. Take Foremost Magnets. The company bills itself the UK’s only specialist manufacturer of promotional fridge magnets, but also runs...

Star product: Morgana RDC

Morgana hopes to build on its stealthy early entry into the rotary die-cutter market by making more noise about its new machine.

Me & my: Massivit 1800

Andesign believes the benefits of investing in the Massivit 1800 large-format 3D printer are worth making an elephant-sized fuss about.

Star product: Riso T2

Super-quick cut-sheet inkjet colour press at a compelling price.

Me & my: HP Scitex 11000 flatbed

Over its 22 years in business, visual communications and printing company NEC Graph-fix has been fleet of foot in reacting to developments in the market for large-format print.

Star product: Agfa Synaps OMF90

Agfa’s paper replacement with roots in the age of film can now be slipped into a wider range of applications with a new foldable variant.

Me & my: Sakurai Maestro MS 80 SD

What Nitecrest needed was a more flexible friend in a printroom that produces 5 million credit, gift, loyalty and membership cards every day. The firm spends big on technology because it cannot afford...

Star product: HP Latex R2000

HP’s Latex technology in a hybrid roll/flatbed model.

Me & my: CMC 9000

At the end of last year the First 4 Group spent around £250,000 on a pair of new Italian-made envelope enclosing lines, a CMC 9000 and a smaller CMC 250, replacing a pair of older machines.

Star product: Screen PlateRite Ultima 16000N

Latest addition to Screen’s VLF PlateRite range of platesetters.

Me & my: Heidelberg Versafire CP

When A3 Design & Print installed its second Heidelberg Versafire CP digital press earlier this year, managing director Tony Pooles named them Victoria and Albert following a poll on social media.

Star product: CSL DuraUV 1600

A tweaked Roland opens up new UV LED-based possibilities.