Finishing

Crescent Press has invested £1.5m to bolster its digital printing and finishing facilities, which included the installation of an HP Indigo 12000 and five Horizon systems.

Commercial print and packaging company Hartgraph has bumped up its capacity and streamlined its production after installing a new folder.

Warwick Printing Company has become one of the first printers to purchase Ashgate Automation’s KF640 bookletmaker and trimmer with a squarefold in-line unit.

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers has invested around £60,000 in a Horizon SPF-200A bookletmaker with two Horizon VAC-1000 collating towers to boost its capacity and efficiency.

Edwardthompson has bounced back from a significant restructure in 2016 with a £100,000-plus investment in a Ricoh Pro C9100 digital press and Duplo DC-645 slitter-cutter-creaser.

Muller Martini GB has appointed former Kolbus UK sales director Greg Bird as a sales manager.

Ruddocks Design & Print has taken on a Polar 92 N Plus guillotine with two stacklifts and a jogger to enhance its cutting capabilities.

Duplo has unveiled details of its second summer festival, at which live music and comedy shows are the backdrop for demos of its latest kit.

Harrier LLC is hoping to expand into new markets after installing new Horizon kit.

Italian manufacturer Elitron will use next month’s Fespa to host the global show debut of its latest Kombo TH enhancement.

Interprint has boosted its in-house lamination services after investing in a B2-plus Foliant Mercury 530SF laminator.

Philtone Litho has invested in a Polar Flowline guillotine system to increase the speed and efficiency of its operation.