Post-press

Wenlock: The upgrade offered plenty of advantages

Flexpress shines with new Duplo embellisher

Leicester trade printer Flexpress has overhauled its embellishment capabilities with the installation of two brand-new Duplo machines, launching it into full B2 operation.

GUK manufactures more than 100 variants of its models at its Wellendingen, Germany HQ

Friedheim snaps up GUK distribution deal

Post-press kit supplier Friedheim International has secured the rights to distribute GUK machinery in much of the UK.

Jolly returns to Duplo in newly created strategic role

Peter Jolly has returned to Duplo International, where he began his industry career two decades ago, in a newly created role designed to drive growth at the post-press equipment manufacturer.

In case you missed them, April’s most read stories

The end of one technology era and the beginning of another dominated April’s listicle, where the challenges facing some in the trade finishing sector were writ large.

Celloglas files NOI as 'prelude to sale'

Celloglas has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) with a buyer said to be in the wings for its business and assets.

Make Up's Digi-MollPak has automated the previously manual process of folding and gluing

Make Up Print Finishers brings gluing in-house

Make Up Print Finishers, the trade finishing arm of Gloucestershire-based Vale Press Group, has automated its in-house gluing process with a brand-new Moll Digi-MollPak folder-gluer.

Folio pre-packed on 5 April. Image: Google Maps

Folio pre-packs after double customer collapse

Folio Print Finishing has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by its directors, David Robshaw and Andrew Bird, after two major customers entered insolvency.

Scodix takes wraps off new uncoated capability and AI tool

Scodix is billing the upcoming Drupa show as “the embellishment Drupa” and will launch two new products along with a raft of additional features – including the ability to embellish onto uncoated...

Part of the enormous and complex Scitex line. Image: NCM Auctions

Mega sale of Communisis kit imminent

Hundreds of items of printing, post-press and ancillary kit from the shuttered Communisis sites in Leeds and Liverpool will go up for auction later this month.