Finishing & Screen Printing

FINISHING FIRMS FLOCK TO NORTHPRINT

Thursday 19. February 2009 - The UK's leading post-press suppliers have all confirmed their presence at Northprint to ensure a strong focus on finishing technology.

Clinical Print Finishers, Duplo International, The Finishing Point, Morgana, Multigraf, Renz, Simply Print Finishing and Watkiss will all be turning the spotlight on a myriad of flexible online and offline finishing solutions for long or short-run offset and digital print.

The right finishing touch is an important element of marketing print today and easy to use but sophisticated finishing techniques that can add significant value to a company’s print services are easily accessible and affordable. At Northprint, printers and print buyers will see multiple systems producing glued and stitched booklets, complex folding, one piece mailers, cartons, die cut applications, sachets, and miniature folding for promotional and pharmaceutical applications.

Duplo International displays its full range of equipment including collators, bookletmakers, PUR and hot melt perfect binders, IDEAL guillotines and Foldmaster foldersdigital multi finishers plus new products from their UV coating and collator/bookletmaking ranges and, at Northprint, will be advising printers on the most appropriate modules to add maximum value to their business. “The interest in finishing is stronger than ever despite, and probably as a direct result of, the current climate,” says Peter Jolly of Duplo. “Prices are very reasonable at the moment and companies are realising that they can afford to bring creative finishing facilities in house in order to save money, improve job turnaround times and expand their services.”

Morgana showcases its full range embracing everything from simple entry-level folders and creasers to highly sophisticated multi-functional systems incorporating JDF-readiness and the ability to handle variable data output. Supporting the demand for high-speed, one-pass book and booklet making systems Watkiss demonstrates its latest systems for both digital and offset print. Responding to new pressures from the on-demand-print market, Renz shows faster more automated punching and binding solutions at Northprint.

Northprint attracts printers from all over the country to Harrogate to evaluate new print production and management technologies, discover added value print ideas, obtain practical business advice and techniques, and of course network. Aimed at a wide spectrum of printers, the show will feature the latest MIS, web to print, workflow, printing and finishing systems for commercial, packaging and large format applications.