Investment & installations

Abbey Labels has become the first company in the world to integrate an AB Graphic high-speed die-cutting module onto an MPS EFS 340 flexo press in a bid to increase efficiencies.

Protect Signs has installed a Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX flatbed printer and an Esko Kongsberg X24 digital cutting table to improve its safety signs services and move into commercial territory.

Princes Press has taken on a VAC-1000A collator and ST-40 stacker from Horizon to double its capacity and accommodate increased demand.

Shares in Fujifilm rocketed by 15% this week after reports that an influenza medicine it makes also works against Covid-19. The Japanese group is also making a major investment in UK biotech.

Eight Days a Week Print Solutions has installed a Xerox Baltoro inkjet press to boost its firepower and enable it to bring a proportion of its outsourced litho work back in house.

Canon has opened a new central production facility for its UVgel ink after production volumes doubled in the past year to keep up with demand.

Baker Labels has now officially launched its new flexible packaging arm, BakPac, at a ceremonial ribbon-cutting attended by the company’s founder.

Trade finisher Kaps Finishing has taken on a Yotta YD-F2513R5 wide-format flatbed printer to enable its trade litho customers to use the company as a one-stop shop for both their finishing and...

Chesterfield-based print firm Whittington Moor has invested in a new Polar 115N Plus guillotine for its finishing division.

Print and print-related machinery comes in all shapes and sizes and while you might have to fork out millions for a full bells-and-whistles super-duper new press, there are plenty of smaller...