Investment & installations

Paul Jones, joint MD of WPG, called the EX "phenomenal"

WPG expands into flatbed wide-format with Mimaki buy

Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has installed a Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX to ramp-up turnarounds.

The BQ-270V is highly automated

Northern Collating enhances bindery with Horizon spend

Northern Collating has futureproofed its service offering after investing in a Horizon BQ-270V single clamp perfect binder.

(L-R) Mula CEO Marco Lawrenz with Spread Group CEO Julian de Grahl

Spread Group acquires shares in B2B merchandise platform

Customised fashion and lifestyle products provider Spread Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Berlin-based B2B merchandise platform Mula.

Adams: "Ultimately, our long-term goal was to be a branded workwear supplier"

Mina Print rebrands to Nationwide Workwear

Mina Print has rebranded itself as Nationwide Workwear, as part of a pivot away from large-format print and towards customised clothing for businesses.

(L-R) Ben Kennedy with operations director Lyndsay Wind and the new Epson

Sign Design GB expands in-house capabilities with Epson buy

Sign Design GB has brought a range of services in-house and enhanced its production capacity after investing in an Epson SureColor SC-V7000 UV flatbed printer.

As well as the usual mix of news roundups and thought-provoking features, the August & September ‘Taking ownership’ issue looks at two exit strategies that enable business owners to hand the reins to the people they trust most, their staff…

Keeping up the M&A theme, this issue’s briefing section kicks off with a look at the spike in company acquisitions (a dozen are featured in the issue's news digest alone) and asks if turbulent times...

The machine will be used to cut Correx, Foamex, and ACM panels

FaberExposize UK in Zünd install

Wide-format display specialist FaberExposize UK and its sister company Northern Flags have expanded their rigid substrate production with the purchase of a new Zünd G3 flatbed cutter.

The Bobst was installed at the Deeside site in April

Chester Medical Solutions in Bobst investment

Pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer and contract packer Chester Medical Solutions has added to its portfolio of Bobst kit to boost production capacity at its site in Deeside, North Wales.

The refurbished device has gone in this week

CMS brings bookletmaking in-house with Duplo install

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has taken on a refurbished Duplo System 5000 DBM bookletmaker to bring work that it had been outsourcing in-house.

Ofgem energy price cap has risen by 80% to £3,549 for typical household

Print firms call for government action on energy price crisis

As consumers are hit by news of the huge increase in the energy price cap, print business leaders are urging the government to help firms cope with spiralling energy costs.