Investment & installations

Trade finisher Ace Binding has invested in the UK’s first Renz Inline 500 Classic fully automatic punching and ring wire-binding machine.

Charing Cross Print has concluded a 12-month, circa £380,000 re-equip that has seen it invest in machines from Duplo, Xerox, Vivid and Ideal.

Garment decoration manufacturer J&A International has installed its second Baumann Wohlenberg 115 guillotine this year.

UYR Group has taken on an Anapurna H2500i LED – the third machine in its Agfa portfolio – to double its capacity for POS jobs in the retail and hospitality sectors.

Mailing house Washington Direct Mail has invested £250,000 in new kit and secured ISO 27001 certification.

Thames Technology has now completed another phase of its £4m investment plan by taking on new machinery from Xerox and Datacard.

Flexpress has completed its transformation to become a full-service trade printer after investing in a Horizon StitchLiner 5500 with two VAC-1000 tower collators.

German online printing company FlyerAlarm has invested in Europe’s first EFI Vutek HS125 F4 flatbed/roll-to-roll hybrid press to enhance its offering across the continent.

DTP has taken on a Magnum MCC-35AS cutter-creaser from Vivid Laminating Technologies to increase its efficiency.

Pureprint has taken on four members of staff and 15 post-press machines following the collapse of Chessington-based Barwell Print Finishers.