Investment & installations

The 8.8m long machine required 4edge to expand its Hockley facility

4edge adds Canon VarioPrint iX to lineup

Short-run book printer 4edge has bought a VarioPrint iX sheetfed inkjet press, continuing a longstanding relationship with the machine’s manufacturer, Canon.

MAD Colour now runs four HP printers

MAD Colour expands offering with HP Stitch

MAD Colour has grown its business after investment in an HP Stitch S1000 dye-sub printer enabled it to bring more work in-house.

Riches (R): Vale Labels wanted longer runs from a digital press

Vale Labels extends digital runs with Durst install

Somerset label printer Vale Labels has installed a brand-new Durst Tau 330 RSC-E UV digital printer in response to customer demand for longer run lengths.

The ColorStream 8000 series printers were launched in 2021

TJ Books reveals double Canon inkjet install

TJ Books has increased its automation following the installation of two Canon ColorStream 8000 continuous feed inkjet printers.

Monks: "It produces jobs quicker which means we can take on more work"

Printworks increases flexibility with Horizon buy

Printworks has enhanced its production capabilities and capacity with investment in a Horizon SPF-200L landscape feed bookletmaker from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

The new CNC grinder-groover has automated production of difficult manual patterns

BFS adds CNC groover to plant list

BFS Pressroom Solutions has added a brand-new CNC groover to its kit list, allowing the firm to automate production of its rollers.

Jamie Court, MD (left): Applying for R&D funding was new to CPF

Clinical Print Finishers secures R&D funding for gluer invention

Clinical Print Finishers (CPF) has secured £74,000 in tax relief for its in-house development of a specialised folder-gluer.

The Jet Press FP790 arrives on site

Flexible packaging first for Fujifilm

Fujifilm has begun the first beta site installation of its new Jet Press FP790 inkjet press for flexible packaging in EMEA – and it’s in the UK.

De La Rue: activist investor sees future value

Crystal Amber ups De La Rue investment

Crystal Amber Fund has upped its stake in De La Rue and could now be the biggest investor in the group.

The new three-tower iSaddle will handle jobs up to millions of books long

DSD Colour Printers upgrades iSaddle

Kings Lynn-based DSD Colour Printers has replaced its first-generation Duplo iSaddle stitcher with the latest, fifth-generation model.