Investment & installations

John Dollin Printing Services is set to continue its expansion into the bespoke packaging market with the installation of a new Foliant Pollux 760SF laminator.

Growing design and print company Hoggett Creative is to take on Tharstern as its first-ever MIS provider to aid its continued progress.

Bakergoodchild has boosted its mail insertion capabilities with the addition of a Kern 3500 high-speed system.

Harper Adams University has completed its first year-long course in packaging design, styling and innovation for the food sector.

PrintBig has installed a new Agfa Anapurna H3200i LED flatbed to do the work of three machines in a bid to boost productivity by up to 40%.

Midland Regional Printers (MRP) will bring laminating services in-house later this year after investing £250,000 in new kit from Swedish manufacturer Lamina System.

Leeds Die Cutting (LDC) has enhanced its perfect binding and folding/creasing capabilities with the addition of two new Horizon machines from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

Indigo Press has become the first printer in the world to install two Komori B2 H-UV perfectors after investing more than £1m in its second Komori LS-829P H-UV press.

McGowans has installed Ireland's first Massivit 1800 large-format 3D printer and is to launch a new brand to roll its 3D service out across Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has carried out the UK’s first retrofit of an AMS Spectral XO Series UV curing module onto a Komori Lithrone S29 to speed up its turnarounds.