Investment & installations

Scottish specialist graphics provider Smart Graphics has invested in a full Tharstern MIS which it said will slash estimating time.

Displayways has rounded off a £500,000 capacity boosting kit reequip and site expansion as it looks to grow its new project management wing, which is headed by a recently appointed former St Ives...

Direct mail service provider Howard Hunt has become the first company in the UK to take the new Pegasus 320 friction feeder.

Bluetree Group has given its print procurement brand, Bluetree Connect, a massive fillip with the appointment of a new director, staff and the allocation of additional resources.

Kalas Packaging has installed an Omega Allpro 70 folder-gluer as it ramps up its new carton production offering.

Route One Print, part of the Bluetree Group, has kicked off a £5.3m summer spend with the purchase of three new stitching lines and a three-knife trimmer.

Commercial printer Statexcolourprint has adopted H-UV instant drying with the purchase of a B2 Komori press.

Scottish book printer Bell & Bain has become the first European book printer to take a Ricoh Pro VC60000 in a £1m-plus investment.

Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) has incorporated a US subsidiary and opened a new US outpost in a bid to boost its sales in the region.

Direct marketing specialist Gecko Direct has seen a widescale boost in production since installing its third Indigo after breaking an EMEA productivity record.