Investment & installations

Full Spectrum Print Media steams ahead with 6m growth in four years

A company born out of the ashes of dissolved litho printers Heronsgate four years ago is on track for 6m sales this financial year.

Agfa CTP and Heidelberg install round off Ormside investments

Surrey-based commercial printer Ormside Press will upgrade its CTP and workflow systems next month following the install in January of a Heidelberg CD102 B1 five-colour press, plus coater.

Tharstern Primo MIS will save resources at Manchester Printers

A Trafford printer has invested in a Tharstern Primo management information system (MIS) which it expects will save thousands of pounds and streamline production.

RCS targets personalised gifting market

RCS printers in Retford has secured a deal with a chocolate company to create advent-calendar-esque count down products and is closing in on a personalised gift packaging deal with a major high street...

Triple install brings in new business for Prestige Press

Three new finishing machines are bringing in new business for a Buckinghamshire family printer.

Horizon landscape finishing line rounds up 1.2m investment

Cheshire commercial printer Johnsons of Nantwich has rounded off a 1.2m operational overhaul with a Horizon SPF/FC200L booklet production line.

Lichfield Printers in Mohr 80 UK first

Lichfield Printers has taken on the UK's first Mohr 80 Eco guillotine following its busiest ever month.

Lion FPG buys third Heidelberg press

Wolverhampton printers Lion FPG has invested in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L litho press which it will install this month.

Image Technique adds print capacity with Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8

Signage specialist Image Technique has become the first UK firm to install a Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8 wide-format roll-to-roll UV-cured printer.

Tompkin Press pulls in short-run work with finishing investment

A Nottingham litho and digital printer had slashed its finishing time after investing in booklet-making equipment.