Investment & installations

Park brings services in-house with mega bindery spend
Park Communications has invested £1.7m in two new machines from Muller Martini to enhance its in-house service offering.

Blackwell boosts short-run capacity with Duplo buy
Blackwell Print has installed a Duplo 600i bookletmaker in order to enhance its offering on shorter-run and low-pagination booklet jobs.

Multiprint ups capabilities with Colorado 1650
Multiprint Solutions has become one of the first UK businesses to install a Canon Oce´ Colorado 1650.

ProCo in £2m HP and Böwe spend
ProCo has installed a new HP PageWide T240 HD web press and two Böwe Systec 9G insertion lines in a £2m investment that repositions its Stansted wing as a high-volume digital production hub.

Tricord upgrades cutting
Mailing and fulfilment house Tricord will enhance its cutting quality and productivity with the installation of a Polar D56 Eco guillotine next month.

Foremost enhances finishing with Rhin-O-Tuff purchase
Foremost Print has invested nearly £20,000 in a Rhin-O-Tuff Tornado Autopunch system to increase its productivity.

John E Wright takes new EFI UV hybrid
John E Wright has invested more than £400,000 in an EFI Vutek h5 UV roll-to-roll/flatbed hybrid to extend its capabilities, building on its previous positive experiences with the manufacturer.

Classic Print continues 30-year Roland affair with new Soljet
Classic Print has once again renewed its decades-long relationship with Roland DG by investing in a Soljet Pro 4 XF-640 system, its 17th Roland machine.

ECM Print Finishers adds square-back book production
ECM Print Finishers has taken on a secondhand Watkiss SpineMaster to add square-back book production to its service offering.

Ludlow Bookbinders in Polar investment
Ludlow Bookbinders has invested around £30,000 in a new Polar N78 Plus guillotine less than a year after buying a secondhand Polar 92.