Investment & installations

The Bank of England launched a £50m tender for the supply of banknote polymer

Review of 2019: January

Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Gary Goodson (L) with Darren Goodson: "These machines are incredibly reliable"

Premier Print Group invests in second SRA1 RMGT press

East London-based magazine and publications printer Premier Print Group has installed its second RMGT in a year following the success of its first.

Turner: "Duplo have been very good, and this is a very clever system"

Printing Plus cuts bindery bottleneck with Duplo purchase

Printing Plus has increased its finishing productivity after taking on a DC-646i multi-finisher from Duplo.

Pennine Signs took delivery of its new HP Latex 365 in September

Pennine Signs upgrades Latex

Pennine Signs has taken delivery of an HP Latex 365 wide-format printer to support its expansion.

The Anapurna H1650i LED can print directly onto aluminium composite and acrylic

Sign Architects eyes further growth with new Agfa

Sign Architects has taken on a new Agfa Anapurna H1650i LED intended to help the business continue to record 100% year-on-year growth, as it has each year since it was established in 2015.

Post-press manager Richard Overty (left) and operator Naomi Lilley

Words & Spaces adds landscape book production

Commercial printer Words & Spaces has added landscape book production and streamlined its operations with investment in a new Horizon SPF-200L landscape feed bookletmaker.

The AFC-566F offers 17 fold patterns with automated setup

Clinical Print boosts production with Horizon folder

Clinical Print Finishers has invested in a B2 Horizon AFC-566FG folder to meet an increase in Z-fold card production.

Gray (right with Hewitt): "We've had to transform the business from bottom to top, inside and out"

Charlesworth completes CVA as personalised books transforms fortunes

Charlesworth Press has completed its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) and completed a £3m round of investment in new kit to support its growing demand for the personalised children’s books market,...

The Jetrix LXi7 was installed last month

Design Xpress in UK Jetrix first and Colorado install

Design Xpress has taken on the UK’s first Inktec Jetrix LXi7 as part of an investment that also included a new Canon Océ Colorado 1650.