Of the 112,000 CWU members that received ballot papers last month, 74% responded and of those 92% voted yes in response to the question ‘Do you support the boycott of competitors' mail?'A CWU spokeswoman told PrintWeek that it was not a ballot for industrial action and that the union would continue to negotiate with Royal Mail.She added: "Idea […]

The second machine, an eight-colour long perfector, is due to be installed in August and will replace a Ryobi 925. It runs at 15,000sph and will be used for business cards, posters and leaflets, typically in runs of around 2,000. Tradeprint managing director Rod Scrimgeour said the new machine cost around £3m and will run alongside the first Speedmaster XL, […]

The kit, with a list price of around £65,000, was installed by Horizon agent IFS in March and was configured with two VAC-Turbo 600 collating towers. It will predominantly be binding work 'nearline' from the firm's two HP Indigo 7200 digital presses. Production director Chris Peacock said G&H Group would continue to roll out litho work, bu […]

A spokesman said the latest addition to Durst's Rho 500R Series printers, which are able to print three 1.6m rolls in seperate print queues, would blend the models' small drop size with high productivity. Further details were not revealed but he said it would be commercially available at the show next week. "It's very similar to the 500 s […]