Investment & installations

It has been six years coming, but the UK economy has finally surpassed its pre-recession peak. That it is the last of the G8 to do so bar Italy, which is still 9% below its 2008 maximum and headed...

When a print business only four years into its life has 20 staff, a rapidly growing turnover and a raft of machinery investments under its belt, you know it’s doing well.

Digital printer Elephant Print and Display, has invested in a new Epson SureColor S50600 to boost its industrial large-format services.

Eastbourne-based litho and digital printer Manor Group has invested £80,000 in a new DC-745 intelligent finishing system from Duplo as a replacement for its existing DC-445.

Commercial printer Barkers Print & Design has invested in a Heidelberg Suprasetter 74 to boost its environmental credentials and efficiency.

Kingston Carton is researching the final element of a major equipment overhaul that has already seen it invest £5m in plant and machinery in the past three years, including two new Bobst machines...

Greenwoods Stock Boxes has installed a new Goldline 1300 to take smaller-format work off of its existing large-format clamshell platen, alleviating concerns over operator safety.

Trade printer DCL Print has invested in a Fujifilm Acuity 1600 LED to expand its business into wide-format.

Wide-format printer Macro Art has invested around £600,000 in a range of new machinery and software including an EFI Vutek GS3250LX LED UV-curing printer and a Zünd G3 XL-3200 cutter.

DST Output has unveiled details of a £4.9m technology spend as the group reports a return to operational profit in its latest results.