Investment & installations

Encore Packaging Solutions has spent £250,000 to give itself a big production boost with new kit from Bobst.

Artworks Solutions has invested in an Agfa Jeti Mira wide-format printer in a bid to increase its print quality and efficiency.

London-based POS specialist SMP Group has invested in a second Diecut Goldline manual die-cutter to further increase its safety and productivity.

Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is to open a customer centre as part of an investment that could be as much as £2m to cope with a jump in demand for training for its print engines from across the world.

KJB Print UK has invested around £250,000 in new machinery from Duplo and Horizon to boost its in-house service offering.

PBL Print is undertaking a production “metamorphosis” costing £2.3m and involving a clear-out of five Heidelberg presses to be replaced by two newer versions and three digital machines.

Family business Print On has moved to larger open-plan premises to house three recently acquired wide-format machines.

Commercial printer Abbotsgate Hull is saving thousands of pounds and boasting higher quality print at faster speeds after installing a used Presstek 34DI direct imaging press.

Jones & Brooks has marked its 140th anniversary with a move into B2 litho production after investing in a five-colour Speedmaster SX 74 with coater.

South London-based large-format specialist Odessa Print Group has bought a second HP Scitex 11000 flatbed printer to boost its capacity and help its continued growth.