IFS and Apex Digital Graphics expect to take a number of orders following the three day Real Print and Finish event at Apex’s Hemel Hempstead showroom.

“The first Real Print & Finish was an excellent informal way for us to present leading technologies to our customers and to help them understand the ways they can improve their approach to emerging trends,” comments IFS joint managing director Bryan Godwyn.

“The opportunity to meet new and existing customers, prospects and friends, allowed us to start new conversations about what can be achieved in today’s print production environment. We had a number of orders placed and we look forward to sharing details of these in the near future.”

Expands Apex managing director Bob Usher: “There were decision makers from a number of industry leading operations. Consequently we are now working on a considerable number of good prospects going forward. This kind of event is fast becoming one of the most important in our calendar when it comes to engaging effectively with print operations looking to enhance the way they work.”

IFS highlighted A4 landscape stitched booklets with the 4,500bph Horizon SPF/FC200L, high speed booklet production with the 6,000bph Horizon SitchLiner 6000 which features landscape feeding VAC80S deep pile collators and fully automated folding with the B2 Horizon AFC566FG.

Apex showcased its Ryobi LED-UV system on a 755G B2 five colour offset press, the Konica Minolta C1060 digital press and the latest CTP solutions from new supplier CRON. CRON’s CTP development began in 2000 with its first conventional plate CTP device launched at the end of 2008. Systems available today include thermal CTP and UV-CTP.