Presses


Chesapeake buys fifth Lithrone in two years at Drupa

Chesapeake has continued its investment programme into its pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging division after signing for a six-colour Komori Lithrone GX 40.

Firstan takes a nanographic 'leap of faith'

Packaging manufacturer Firstan said it has "taken a leap of faith" in investing in the UK's first Landa S10 nanographic press for the folding carton market.

Bell & Bain return to KBA for third Rapida 142 press

Bell & Bain, the academic book and journal printer, has invested in its third KBA Rapida 142 press, a move expected to continue to "successful development" of the Glasgow-based business.

KBA reports rush of buyers for Rapida

KBA has signed orders for more than 60 Rapida presses at the show, comprising "several hundred" printing and coating units overall.

Kodak cashes in with imprinting orders

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F1) has signed substantial, multi-million euro imprinting deals with two printing companies at drupa.


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Does green-button machinery portend the death of skill?

Does green-button machinery portend the death of skill?

11 May 2012

Harry Gilmore webs up the film on his Micro B2 single and double-sided film laminator, loads in his sheets of paper and sets the temperature gauge to 120ºC.

 
 
Sector responds to gov't initiative that takes no prisoners

Sector responds to gov't initiative that takes no prisoners

11 May 2012

When Graham Baker, managing director of Scarbutts Printers, read in his local newspaper that the printshop at Maidstone Prison had won a multi-million-pound printing contract from the private sector, he saw red.

 
 
Industry veteran Andrew Tribute gives his take on Drupa

Industry veteran Andrew Tribute gives his take on Drupa

09 May 2012

Drupa debutant Pamela Mardle talks to nine-times veteran Andrew Tribute on what might be his last visit to the Düsseldorf show

 
 
Could postal deregulation bring about a two-tier service?

Could postal deregulation bring about a two-tier service?

04 May 2012

When TNT Post announced in 2009 that it was to undertake a small-scale trial providing an end-to-end (E2E) mailing service delivering directly to households and businesses in Liverpool, more than a few eyebrows were raised.

 
 

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