Investment & installations

Large-format printer ACT has become the first UK firm to buy a 3.5m-wide Sphl Virtu RS35 combination flatbed and roll-to-roll printer.

Alderson Brothers Print Group celebrated its founders golden anniversary in the print industry last week, at the grand opening of its 10m web facility.

CFH Total Document Management expects to save its clients over 120,000 a year thanks to a recently-installed Pitney Bowes Olympus II Multi-tier Mailsorter.

Westdale Printing Group is planning to reduce waste and boost turnover after signing a 4m order with Goss to install a new 16pp web.

Print management firm Charterhouse has continued its European expansion by opening two offices in Sweden and Poland.

TPF Group has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase out of administration of two former NPM Group companies.

Welsh magazine and commercial print group Stephens & George (S&G) is to open a Scottish office as part of its plan to increase its presence north of the border.

Last week's Budget has under-whelmed the print industry with Chancellor Gordon Brown's headline-grabbing tax cuts overshadowed by tax hikes for businesses.

Colour World Winchester is in the middle of a major expansion, having invested in new equipment, staff and floorspace.

Potts Printers has officially opened its new 4m headquarters and production facility in Cramlington, Northumberland.