Investment & installations
Finishing Solutions Liverpool in Kama first
The UK's first Kama ProFold 74 folder-gluer is due to be installed in the North West of England later this month to bring a sharper competitive edge on more specialist types of work.
Company makes Quantum leap into digital
Quantum Print and Packaging is making the move into digital packaging printing with the purchase of a Ricoh C9100.
Visual Print & Design boosts capacity with Mutoh buy
Visual Print & Design has increased its production capacity by around 40% after investing in a Mutoh ValueJet 1324X.
Rayross Print Factory adds PUR binding
Rayross Print Factory is investing in PUR binding and hopes it will result in a competitive advantage for the Liverpool company.
Skyline productivity reaches new heights following Aster sewer buy
Skyline Bookbinders has improved throughput of work after starting up a new Meccanotecnica Aster Pro52 sewing machine.
Hickling & Squires in Xerox and Duplo spend
A surge in demand for short-run digital and personalised print-on-demand work has led Hickling & Squires to install two Xerox presses.
Catford Print Centre boosts bindery with Ashgate spend
Catford Print Centre is forecasting a growth in short-run hardback books and has installed a Fastbind system to meet the expected rise in demand.
W&G Baird installs Speedmaster XL 106-8-P as part of £4m investment
W&G Baird has made a bumper £4m investment – backed by the Bank of Ireland - that includes a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8-P with Inpress Control 2 and a Kolbus KM600 perfect binding line.
PJ Print looks for high-speed boost to turnover with new Komori
A Suffolk print company has transformed itself in “one fell swoop” after a Komori Lithrone kit switch as part of a £1m investment.
Fisherprint chooses Heidelberg and Konica Minolta in £2m spend
Fisherprint hopes to slash makeready times and add £1m to its turnover with a new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 as part of a £2m investment.