Investment & installations

Large-format digital production company Rocket Graphics has spent £600,000 on two new pieces of equipment and extended its printroom to boost production output.

Print Data Solutions (PDS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary by looking to the future as it prepares to add video-in-print production to its offering and expand its design wing.

One of the country's oldest printers is taking delivery of its second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 to take advantage of the latest technology in areas such as colour control.

Proper Goose has taken on a DC-646i Pro cutter-creaser from Duplo in order to improve the accuracy and speed of cutting jobs, which the Molesey printer had previously carried out on a guillotine.

Fox Marketing Services has opened a new dedicated digital and large-format facility that will house an HP Indigo 12000, due for installation next week.

Denny Bros has replaced an ageing Herzog+Heymann KL112 miniature folder with a newer version of the same machine alongside an MBO P46 pressing unit to revitalise its finishing setup.

Technique Print Group has sharpened up its cutting capacity after upgrading its guillotine to carve out efficiencies of 75%.

Kingfisher Labels will build on its 17-year relationship with Edale by taking on an FL3 flexo press next month – its seventh machine from the manufacturer.

Clays has expanded its print facilities for the first time since it was bought earlier this year with the investment in an HP PageWide T490HD web press that is set to begin production in mid November.

Aspen has replaced four printers with a Canon Océ Colorado 1640 as part of a broader investment aimed at reducing its environmental impact and boosting its short-run capabilities.