Alan Padbury is as shocked as anyone by his impetuous drupa purchase of Heidelberg's new Speedmaster XL 105. The deal for a £1.4 million six-unit press was signed on the last day of drupa.More
Healeys of Ipswich will be the first in the world to take delivery of a Speedmaster SM 52-8P, the new B3 long perfector unveiled by Heidelberg at drupa this week.More
Andrew Jones, managing director of Stephens & George, revealed at drupa why he has had to be so secretive over the new 12-colour B1 press which it will install in January 2005.More
Three-year-old Dolphin Print was delighted to shake hands on the purchase of a Speedmaster SM 52E when husband and wife team Paul and Loraine Smith visited drupa.More
"I don't consider £95,000 buying - it's petty cash." This was Fulmar plc chairman Mike Taylor's response when quizzed on his purchase of a POLAR cutting system for White Quill Press, only days after saying that he was visiting drupa but would not be spending.More
Horner Brothers is to take a second Topsetter 74 CtP system. Although the 30 plates an hour Suprasetter proved a head-turner for John Robertson, Horner's production director, the benefits of running two matching CtP systems side by side proved irresistable.More
John Watson will put B1 sheets in and get boxed and banded wet labels off the end in a seamless and automated production workflow with the latest investment in a POLAR DC 12 line.More
JCB driver turned printer Andrew Rae is taking his company into five-colour production with Heidelberg's new scalable B3 press, the Printmaster 52.More
Goodhead Group subsidiary Stones the Printers will be the first development site in the world for Heidelberg and Prism. The two suppliers have committed to an on-going collaboration to create a JDF workflow between the two companies products.More