Investment & installations

Sonoco-Trident has boosted its creative services offering for mock-ups and samples with the installation of a VeloBlade Volta digital die-cutter from Vivid.

First Mailing has made its first inroads into paper wrapping as part of a £250,000 spend to open up the process to shorter runs and a wider range of publishers, brand owners and trade partners.

Positive ID Labels has bolstered its digital press fleet to three after taking on a used Screen Truepress Jet L350UV.

Galloways has revamped its post-press capability with the installation of a Horizon StitchLiner MKIII.

DS Smith has invested in ten Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to increase sustainability and efficiency at its Kemsley paper mill in Kent.

Print Plus UK has made its third investment of the summer – a Bobst Fuego 80 folder gluer – to further diversify its offering.

Clays is making its biggest investment yet in a unique configuration Manroland Goss Web Systems Lithoman IV press capable of producing 50m books a year.

Countryside Art has added to its in-house capabilities by investing in a Mimaki TR300-1850C textiles coating machine.

Wide-format display specialist FaberExposize UK has taken on a new Agfa Avinci CX3200 printer in its latest major equipment spend with the manufacturer.

Hedgerow Print has installed a new Komori press as part of an expansion that involved more than doubling the size of its premises.