Investment & installations

In-print Colour increases automation with 250,000 finishing spend

Fast turnaround commercial printer In-print Colour has increased automation in its cutting and folding after a 250,000 spend.

Print 4 brings work inhouse with MB buy

Litho house Print 4 has brought the bulk of its folding work inhouse after installing an MB PrestigeFold 52 fully automated folder from Encore Machinery.

SP Group slashes ink costs following Alwan investment

St Ives subsidiary SP Group has claimed ink cost savings of "at least 10%" after investing in a full suite of software from Alwan Color Expertise.

Cavalier Mailing Services bought out by management team

Norwich-based mailing house Cavalier Mailing Services, which employs 22 staff, has been acquired by its management team for an undisclosed sum.

Herald Chase updates MIS with Primo upgrade as business booms

Herald Chase Group has upgraded its TharsternSQL Management Information System (MIS) to the latest version, Primo, after seeing a preview of the software at Ipex.

Graphics Works plans site move and kit spend after 'across the board' growth

Large-format digital printer Graphics Works plans to move to larger premises within the Bradwell Abbey area of Milton Keynes in 2011, while also investing in new kit.

Murrays The Printers expands on rising revenues

Milton Keynes-based Murrays The Printers has doubled its premises and added new litho, digital and wide-format machines on the back of revenues increasing 20% year-on-year.

Buoyant Kingsley cuts makeready and waste with five-colour Speedmaster spend

Kingsley Print & Design has celebrated its 30th birthday by upgrading its pressroom with the addition of a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75.

Fifth BPIF Finance and Investment Conference to focus on transformational change

The BPIF has unveiled details of its fifth Finance and Investment Conference.

Metromail announces 10m plant and machinery spend

Metromail has announced a 10m investment in a 13,000sqm plant in Seaham, securing the jobs of 250 people, rather than moving closer to its customer base in the south.