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We’re transferring the digital world into a print form
"Video Killed The Radio Star", sang The Buggles in 1980 – but radio is still popular four decades later. "Digital brings print under pressure," is the lament in many quarters of the graphic arts industry – but this is not invariably the case. A typical example of how...
The world’s first Prinova, so that Rapidocolor Printing does not go checkmate..
After the world's first start-up of a new Prinova saddle stitcher from Muller Martini coming February, Rapidocolor Printing in Bucharest aims to become the Romanian market leader for technical manuals" Saddle stitching is our main business and our most important...
Self-isolation and COVID-19 create rise in absenteeism
42% of companies have staff who had to self-isolate during the pandemic27% have staff who tested positive for COVID-1918% of SME company bosses have tested positive for COVID-19 The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK’s SMEs is becoming clear as Close...
How to Get to Rid of the Spine Build up
Is the spine build up of the book blocks that occurs during thread sewing also a thorn in your side? We can now remedy this well-known problem. The new VFN 700 spine nipping press from Muller Martini presses each bookblock in the spine area, thereby significantly...
The Year of the Decision
At the end of the year, the Future Report of the Frankfurt Future Institute is one of my must-reads. The experts around Matthias Horx see 2021 as "the year of decision" in which a new (dis)order is supposed to emerge. The Corona crisis will most certainly go down in...
Global Graphics to acquire Hybrid Software
Global Graphics is set to acquire Hybrid Software Group from Congra Software. Rottenborn: "It brings us a global network of trained technical people" The Cambridge-based software developer has entered into a binding conditional agreement with Luxembourg-based holdings...
Shutterfly in record HP Indigo deal
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Print Week, you can read the original article first published here. Richard Stuart-Turner US personalised products retailer Shutterfly has invested in more than 60 new HP Indigo digital presses – the largest single...
Publica PRO – A Good Perfect Binder Gets Even Better
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Muller Martini, you can read the original article first published here. Even though softcover products are no longer printed in runs of hundreds of thousands, even millions of copies as they were a decade ago,...
Exel supply Wilmot-Budgen with a Heidelberg CX 102
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Exel Printing Machinery, you can read the original article first published here. Back in February this year, prior to lockdown, Peter Burford, Steve Williams and Richard Budgen from Wilmot-Budgen travelled with Ian...
Funding a new Komori GL29 press for RAP Spiderweb utilising CBILS
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Close Brothers Asset Finance, you can read the original article first published here. Close Brothers Asset Finance has funded the purchase of a new Komori GL29 press for RAP Spiderweb - one of Greater Manchester's...