Investment & installations

West Midlands-based JPL Print & Design has increased its wide-format production fourfold after upgrading to an Agfa Jeti Tauro UV LED hybrid inkjet printer.

Plastic Card Services (PCS) has doubled production capacity after a £1m strategic investment plan in new equipment and extended manufacturing space.

One of Europe’s largest capacity card manufacturers has invested over £300,000 in unique Sakurai technology to enhance special finishes.

Warwick Printing Company has become one of the first printers to purchase Ashgate Automation’s KF640 bookletmaker and trimmer with a squarefold in-line unit.

Fabric printer Stead McAlpin has invested in a second Aleph TXB-160S digital textile belt printer in order to expand its pigment capabilities.

Bang Tidy Clothing has invested around £90,000 in new kit to enable it to offer a specialist dye-sublimation print service onto large-format aluminium sheets from substrate supplier Metal.

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers has invested around £60,000 in a Horizon SPF-200A bookletmaker with two Horizon VAC-1000 collating towers to boost its capacity and efficiency.

Anglia Labels has spent £500,000 to install a five-colour Domino N610i inkjet label press and adapt its operation to accommodate the new machine.

Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has installed the first Heidelberg press at its Belfast operation, a six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106.

Emmerson Press has installed a Foliant Mercury 530SF laminator from Intelligent Finishing Systems as it looks to expand into new markets.