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Tech-ni-Fold innovates with Secured notes
offering
new web creaser closing of its dual offering of
Xerox has announced the
$400m (£303m) in 10.25%
senior secured first lien
Tech-ni-Fold is taking its able success in the market
creasing know-how into the with its offline notes due 2030, and $400m
web market with a clever CreaseStream devices. in 13.5% senior secured sec-
new device initially targeted Harris added: “We do all ond lien notes due 2031.
at narrow and mid-web the engineering in-house, so Xerox said it intends to
presses, including digital use the first lien notes pro-
devices. The firm’s new it’s all under our control and ceeds, together with cash on
Technicrease inline rotary we can test things as we go hand, to redeem Xerox’s 5%
creaser came about after a along. A customer from senior notes due 2025 in full
customer producing small Technicrease opens up a potentially huge new market Romania flew in to see the on or prior to their maturity
format food cartons on a concept, and bought two and to pay fees and
Gallus press asked if it was there was a big potential web presses, including mod- immediately!” expenses, including
possible to incorporate market and we started to els from Gallus, Mark Andy, The Technicrease is made redemption premiums and
Tech-ni-Fold’s creasing build a new version. “We MPS, Edale, Domino, AB from aerospace-grade mate- accrued interest, in connec-
technology. don’t believe this is possible Graphic, Nilpeter, Omet rials. Tech-ni-Fold has tion with its Lexmark acqui-
Managing director Jack with any other system.” and Bobst. already taken multiple sition – announced in
Harris, son of Tech-ni-Fold The Technicrease deploys It can also be added to web December – and the related
inventor and founder orders, and will exhibit at the transactions, including
Graham Harris, told the proven CreaseStream converting and finishing upcoming Labelexpo events redemption premiums and
Printweek: “Initially we said creasing method in a modu- lines. in Thailand and Barcelona, accrued interest in connec-
no to the enquiry, then we lar device that can be added The Lutterworth com- the first time it has exhibited tion with the related trans-
looked into it and realised to flexo, hybrid and digital pany has achieved consider- at that show. actions.
China Print Supplies adds UV Sylvamo unveils

roll-to-roll printer portfolio rebrand

China Print Supplies has Paper company Sylvamo
expanded its offering by has unveiled the new name
bringing the ThunderJet for its existing top-tier,
AQ1800UV 1.8m roll-to-roll uncoated, wood-free print-
UV printer to the UK market. ing and converting paper
The business, which supplies portfolio.
Chinese printers and related BERGA will be manufac-
consumables to the UK and tured at Sylvamo’s Saillat,
Irish markets, was launched France, and Nymolla,
last summer by director Scott ThunderJet AQ1800UV delivers 720x1,200dpi prints at 58.5sqm/hr Sweden mills, with products Portfolio rebrand this year
Clutton. It has since com- from the portfolio available
pleted several printer instal- tion UV 1.8m roll-to-roll which deliver 720x1,200dpi in reel and sheet formats. portfolio, which covers high-
lations. The company has printer that delivers much prints at speeds of up to The new brand was estab- performance products
offered the SinoColor range more than its price tag would 58.5sqm/hr. Priced at lished to provide a platform across print applications
of flatbed and hybrid printers suggest. The superb build £29,995 fully installed, the for introducing enhance- including high-speed inkjet,
since launch but wanted to quality ensures stability, even ThunderJet comes with a ments to the existing prod- pre-print, offset, envelope,
complement the range with a through continuous opera- 12-month gold warranty uct range and to foster and scholastic.
UV roll-to-roll machine. tion, for excellent print from China Print Supplies. alignment between the The company previously
Clutton recently visited results.” “This machine is a fantas- mills, resulting in a more had no alignment between
the APPP Expo in Shanghai The ThunderJet is tic option for lightboxes and cohesive and customer- the names of the products
and was impressed with the designed for multi-layer other front and backlit friendly offering, according
ThunderJet AQ1800UV from printing on a range of sub- prints,” said Clutton. “For its to Sylvamo.The business produced in Saillat and
manufacturer Gongzheng. strates and comes with both price, the sheer print quality told Printweek that, in the Nymolla, as Nymolla was
He said: “This printer looked white ink and a varnish at speed of this machine is as past, it didn’t have an previously a Stora Enso mill
to have something special option. It is equipped with good as anything in the mar- umbrella brand across its that was divested to Sylvamo
about it. This is a high-resolu- four Epson i3200 printheads, ket.” printing and converting just over two years ago.
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