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Hall 20 is where it's at if data is your thing, and it's where you'll find the most exciting innovators in systems and software, says Rod Hayes Depending on where [...]

Digital and litho seem to be switching tactics, says Michael Willoughby, from behind prepress battle lines This Ipex is something of a looking-glass land for press manufacturers. Digital printers such [...]

Riches are in store for visitors to Ipex with the sweet smell of success at the NEC, Birmingham. Rod Hayes on why quality matters at the big event Does it [...]

A plethora of press manufacturers hopes to make its mark, so how do you decide whom to visit? Rod Hayes offers a round-up of those that are not to be [...]

The Ryobi 520 series was a landmark for the Japanese press manufacturer that moved its products out of duplicating and firmly into mainstream commercial printing. Launched at Ipex 1988, it [...]

The threat of work from China displacing UK printers was recently highlighted by Rod Hayes' intriguing feature The first of my reports about our industry in China has been the [...]

Heidelberg is newly-slimmed this Ipex, having stopped making DI presses, though it dominates Hall 8 with six stands. As a follow up to Drupa 2004's offering of a long perfector [...]

The Ryobi 524 was difficult to sell in the early days but, according to Robin Meade, has become one of the industry's enduring success stories Ralph Allen Press in Bath [...]

On the colour side, Oce has added a third custom colour to its VarioStream 9000 commercial printer. The device was unveiled three years ago in monochrome and, each year since, [...]

MRP has installed a TruePress 344 DI press from Screen to fill a production gap between digital and B1 offset. The Nottingham firm invested #280,000 in the4-colour B3 machine through [...]

Making the move on graphic arts Aug 05 Masterange, Harlow, becomes first company approved to the Oce Quality Centre scheme, headed by Nick Chalk. Launches Business Development Kit to improve [...]

Oce's annual OpenHouse reveals a company with big dreams. Nessan Cleary reports on a more aggressive stance which is paying dividends Rokus van Iperen, chief executive officer of Oce, is [...]

Anna Mitchell HighWater Designs is targeting small regional newspapers with a low price newspaper ctp device. Cobra News, launched at Ipex, starts at #29,000. The Cheltenham manufacturer claims it can [...]

Point of sale printer The Delta Group has boosted capacity by 30 per cent with an order for a second Roland 905 XXL. The Walthamstow firm was the first company [...]

Mark Foxwell Intelligent Print Solutions has won a multi-million pound European contract to handle print for Sony. The print manager in Tonbridge, Kent, will oversee production for all of Sony's [...]

Xerox has boosted its iGen3 series of digital presses with a new entry level model. The iGen3 90 bridges a gap between the 110 and the company's DocuColor presses. Quincy [...]

Ancient House Printing Group (AHP) has bought a second Muller Martini PrimaPlus saddlestitcher three months after installing its first unit. Mike Underdown, managing director of the Ipswich firm, said: 'We [...]

Simon Nias Bridge Communications, the award winning direct mail company, has invested #6m in a fully refurbished 60,000sq ft factory in Heybridge. Peter Ruck, joint managing director, said: 'Previously people [...]

Arkle Print has unveiled plans to expand its client base and increase productivity following a #2m switch from Heidelberg to KBA. The Northampton firm will take delivery of a ten-unit [...]

SunJet, Sun Chemical's inkjet division, has developed Crystal UOX and UGT inks for use in display graphics, packaging and label printing applications. The inks are approved for use in Xaar's [...]

The BPIF and Printers' Charitable Corporation extended the deadline for entries for the #2,500 educational scholarships until 12 May. More information from 07850 105027. Copyright: CMP Information [...]

Press manufacturer looks to running printers' presses for future profits growth Rod Hayes Ipex was only a few hours old when MAN Roland chief executive Gerd Finkbeiner dramatically decided to [...]

Looking around the print production area, nothing stands out. Quite literally. Beside the sizeable new litho press, there's a large, conspicuously empty chunk of floor space. Does this mean the [...]

Having restructured to meet the demands of today's market, MANRoland has put its faith in direct drive technology built on common platforms MAN Group, the German industrial giant, has in [...]

Having launched its Prinance MIS at the previous Ipex, Heidelberg will be showing its JDF integration - both with other vendors' solutions and its own Prinect workflow. Lance O'Connell, Prinect [...]

HighWater will be exhibiting its Cobra two-up platesetter. This is billed as an affordable violet platesetter with a cost of less than #25,000 - including a Rip and PC - [...]

Baldwin will be demonstrating its Graphicure GC9, an advanced UV-curing system for the 40-inch format press, which has been developed with Kuhnast Strahlungstechnik to work with its `Quickstart' technology. The [...]

Wohlenberg will be demonstrating a complete perfect binding line with the City-e 6000. This has a maximum speed of 6,000 copies per hour and will feature a new Sprinter-e gatherer [...]

Baldwin will show off MicroSet-Flex, a new in-line gluing system for web printing. The MicroSet-Flex contact and contactless gluing system offers precise in-line longitudinal gluing on web presses at high [...]

Day International will be launching a number of pressroom consumables, including its Varn Media Fount range of coldset founts, which give clean label status with no hazardous classification for the [...]

MAN Roland will be showing a range of new blankets, including the Vulcan Editor 202, which has been designed for the new higher specifications of the latest newspaper presses, including [...]

Edale, the UK's largest manufacturer of flexo presses, will be looking to convince offset printers of the virtues of flexo printing. Its narrow width web presses are world leaders in [...]

Baldwin will launch a platform technology solution, where multiple Baldwin systems share common fluid, temperature and control platforms, resulting in faster and lower cost press start-ups, plus a long-term reduction [...]

Gradual will be demonstrating the latest version of its automation program, CaslonFlow, with an improved user interface. This uses hot folder technology to link third-party applications together to create one [...]

For those involved in pressroom colour process control, Techkon will be launching a dot reading device - the SpectroPlate - for evaluating offset printing plates. It builds on Techkon's usual [...]

As the industry struggles under squeezed margins, Tom Hawkins reports on how Ipex provides tools to boost productivity and profitability Sensible shoes? Fresh stack of business cards? Company chequebook? Then [...]

Stock control and distribution are vital issues for printers to address in their attempts to control costs. By Andy Pickett Falling prices and greater choice for print buyers, means managing [...]

Tom Hawkins Fujifilm Graphic Systems' High Definition technology will take centre stage at the prepress manufacturer's Ipex zone. Plates, platesetters and workflow based on the HD format will be running [...]

Alpha Colour Printers has completed work on its #600,000 purpose-built storage facility and is looking to invest in a fourth Heidelberg press. Jeff Williams, managing director of the Gloucester printer, [...]

RYOBI, the Japanese press manufacturer, is to show a 6-colour version of its popular GX Series - in conjunction with distributor Apex Digital Graphics - at Ipex. The 526GX B3 [...]

Mark Foxwell Printing.com has invested more than #2m into its Manchester facility to make way for its Komori Lithrone 40SP double decker perfector. Tony Rafferty, chief executive, said the press [...]

Konica Minolta has staked its claim for a chunk of the digital colour production market. The Japanese imaging firm will debut the 65ppm bizhub PRO C6500 at the show. Jos [...]

Heidelberg has created a bespoke press for Windles Group, thanks to a #2m spend by the Buckinghamshire greetings card printer. The seven unit B1 press is in effect a combined [...]

Rollem, the UK finishing manufacturer, will introduce its latest finishing system, the Revolution, at Ipex. The system has been designed for flexible, high volume playing card and game card production. [...]

Shuttleworth's Total Production Management (TPM) product will be at the forefront of the firm's offering at Ipex. The suite will be one of several new product launches to be featured [...]

Epson continues to expand its number of Ipex partners under the banner 'Epson Everywhere'. It will be featured on the stands of Agfa, Kodak and Heidelberg among others. Copyright: CMP [...]

Anna Mitchell and Simon Nias Newsquest Colchester has invested #1.2m in a fourth Goss Universal 70 tower and upgrades to three satellite units. The Essex print facility, part of the [...]

Mark Foxwell Stowes, a 100-year-old commercial printer in Stoke-on-Trent, has received a #1m injection following its acquisition by the APP Group for an undisclosed sum. The equipment includes a Xerox [...]

Imex Swansea has bolstered an ambitious growth plan with the acquisition of DWJ Colourprint. The South Wales firm purchased DWJ for an undisclosed sum, which follows Imex's expansion into 10,000 [...]

Digital press technology at Ipex con throw open new doors for forward- thinking companies, according to Sophie Matthews-Paul One of the greatest draws to IPEX has to be the technology [...]