Investment & installations

German printer in European B2 inkjet first
German printer Rehms Druck has become the first European company to take a Konica Minolta B2 AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press.

Bulpitt takes new Konica machine
Bulpitt Print has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPrint C2060L digital press.

Gardners targets growth with £1m spend
Wide-format printer Gardners has invested just shy of £1m in kit as it eyes growth in its retail “heartland”.

We Do Print upgrades facilities
Commercial Group’s social enterprise arm We Do Print has installed a number of new pieces of kit, including a bookletmaker and two 3D printers.

Regency doubles Truepress capacity
Regency Design & Print has invested in its second Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV HS wide-format flatbed printer.

GPS pushing large-format boundaries
Graphic Print and Sign Co (GPS) has installed a new Dyss X7-3220C Superhead Conveyorised Digital Cutter to complement its new larger-format offering.

A3 hones high-end offering with Versafire buy
A3 Design & Print has installed a new Heidelberg Versafire CP Digital Press, to aid with short-run digital work for high-end design agencies.

Oxuniprint upgrades with Komori
The printing division of Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxuniprint, has bought a new Komori Lithrone S29 H-UV to replace an ageing B2 Mitsubishi Diamond 1000 press.

Optichrome in double Versafire investment
Commercial printer Optichrome has invested £250,000 in two Heidelberg Versafire CP digital presses, in a bid to increase its digital output.

Swallowtail invests with Heidelberg
Norwich-based commercial printer Swallowtail expects a 50% increase in productivity by replacing its ageing MBO folder with a new Stahlfolder TH 82.