Investment & installations

Sphere UK has installed a Luxel T-6500CTP platesetter from Fujifilm to keep up with demand and boost the firm’s green credentials.

Xchurch Digital Print (XDP) has invested around £175,000 in new kit, including two Canon digital machines that the firm said will double its print efficiency.

Philtone Litho has invested in a Polar Flowline guillotine system to increase the speed and efficiency of its operation.

Astrid Saunders, former managing director of Forward Finishing, has announced the launch of her latest venture, AS Finishing, with a £60,000 investment in new machinery.

DDL Group has taken on a Vivid Matrix MX-370P laminator with foiling and spot UV effects, and an Omni-Flow deep-pile feeder, to enhance its finishing offering.

Pureprint Group has become the first UK company to add high-definition writing heads to an existing HP Indigo 12000 digital press.

Nationwide Print has spent £200,000 on a major expansion, taking on board four new finishing machines as well as updating its MIS and online marketing software.

Positive Images UK has moved into data-driven multichannel marketing after installing EFI’s DirectSmile cross-media suite, which it will soon have upgraded to MarketDirect, the rebranded and...

GM Finishing has installed a Renz Mobi 500 wire ring-binder to extend its finishing capabilities.

Commercial and digital printer Hickling & Squires has initiated a £1m 2018 investment programme with the installation of an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 press.