Presses

Ancient House Press has switched to alcohol-free production following the installation of its latest press with Technotrans circulator and dampening filtration systems.

KBA will continue the consolidation of its web offset division while maintaining tighter focus on boosting its sheetfed activities, shareholders at the company's AGM have heard.

Buxton Press has installed the second of its Drupa-ordered brace of Heidelberg XL 106s, and is already investigating the next tranche of it's 20m re-equip that is set to include a new press every...

KBA UK managing director Christian Knapp is to step down next month after 12 years with the press manufacturer's UK arm.

The old machine is in India and "that's where it will stay", quips Ray Thistleton, looking at his new press in south London, which is where it will stay.

Plymouth-based ColourXpress is looking to double its staff in the next six months off the back of a £500,000 investment, partly supported by RDA funding and a three-year NHS contact win.

Heidelberg will run an open house event on 18 and 19 June where it will offer printers tips for increasing short-run productivity and launch two new machines onto the UK market.

Goss International, parent firm of Goss International France, has tabled an offer on its own European subsidiary, according to local media reports.

The trading status of book and journal printer MPG Printgroup is unclear.

DXG Media has topped a 1m investment programme by winning two regional business awards.

KBA has posted Q1 pre-tax losses of 18.8m (2012: - 0.4m) citing postponed orders and weak quarterly sales.