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bfs Rollers in Opal Print’s LED Retrofit XL75
More and more printers are choosing to invest in LED UV press conversions. A retrofit is far less costly than a new LED UV press while keeping up to date with the latest printing technology. Opal Print retrofitted its Heidelberg XL75 in Spring 2016 and chose rollers...
Considering moving to UV LED?
bfs are proud to be sponsoring the BCF Print Forum on the 2nd October in Edinburgh and 9th October in Sutton Coldfield Throwing light on UV LED. "Everything the printer needs to know about UV LED curing." When converting to UV LED it is vitally important to ensure...
From Dirty Old Printing Blankets to Luxury Goods
Since 2005 Elvis & Kresse have been rescuing raw materials, transforming them into luxury lifestyle goods and donating 50% of profits back to charities. The business started with a single raw material, London Fire Brigade’s damaged decommissioned hoses, which were...
10 Years of Rubber Roller Manufacturing at bfs
Last month bfs marked a milestone as it celebrated 10 years of rubber roller manufacturing with a further investment in engineering machinery and new staff in order to expand its production and to improve turnaround times of new and refurbished rubber rollers. bfs...
bfs to exhibit at IPEX 2017
bfs to exhibit at IPEX 2017
Annual MMP UK Charity Golf Day
Annual MMP UK Charity Golf Day Last month, bfs were lucky enough to once again be invited to participate in the annual MMP UK Ltd Charity Golf Day at Mottram Hall in Cheshire. This year, the golf day was held in memory of one of MMP’s top printers, Cliff Woosey, a...
Trelleborg and Printgraph Technical Training for bfs Sales Team
Technical Training at Trelleborg At the beginning of July, the bfs technical sales team spent two days in Lodi Vecchio, near Milan, visiting the manufacturing sites of two key suppliers, Trelleborg and Printgraph. Trelleborg is the manufacturer of the premium range of...
Finito Success on SM-52/PM-52 Presses
We had heard a rumour from a printing consumables supplier in Switzerland that one of our specialist blanket packings, which performs fantastically on all presses, performs exceptionally well on the SM52. Finito packings replace traditional underblankets and...
bfs Celebrates 30 Years in Business
In The Beginning In December 1986, John and Carol Hope, husband and wife, set up Business Forms Services from a tiny premises in Reading. Known simply as bfs, it sold Rollin printing blankets to business forms and envelope printers. Their son, Robin Hope, joined his...
Finito Dress Installation at Jaymar on New Roland 706
Finito Dress Installed on New Roland 706 LV at Jaymar Packaging Finito® dress is an innovative product from Printgraph in Italy and is based on a special self-adhesive transparent film for protection from ink or glue stain. Thanks to its special finishing, Finito®...