Investment & installations

Heriot-Watt upgrades textile printing facilities
Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design has become one of the first educational institutions in the UK to install Mimaki’s TX300P-1800 textile printer.

ImageCo brings in Latex after contract win
ImageCo has invested in an HP Latex 570 in order to handle extra capacity from an influx of wallpaper work.

Printwell rounds off £1m investment with iGen install
Commercial printer Printwell UK has invested £1m in a range of new equipment, including the second Xerox iGen 5 digital press in the country to be installed with all three of its fifth colour...

Boardlink invests and consolidates
North Wales-based cartonboard manufacturer and converter Boardlink Group has invested £4.5m in buying its previously-rented manufacturing facility, upgrading its equipment and has consolidated its two...

MPS boosts transactional offering with Neopost buy
Transactional mail printer MPS Marketing Services has purchased a second Neopost folding and enclosing line.

Matic Media supports own web-to-print platform with Mimaki buy
Wide-format specialist Matic Media has invested in a Mimaki UJV55-320 LED UV roll-fed printer to support its self-developed web-to-print software platform, Graphic Warehouse.

Laser Graphics diversifies with Versafire
Commercial printer Laser Graphics has invested in a Heidelberg Versafire CV, its first investment in a press from the German manufacturer.

Simpson Group planning for the future
POS specialist Simpson Group is developing a three-year plan to introduce more automation and target new markets.

Synk makes big changes with major investment
Design agency and printer Synk Creative has spent around £600,000 on a raft of new kit and a new premises.

UCL boosts efficiency with PageWide install
University College London (UCL) has installed an HP PageWide XL 5000 to enable students to benefit from faster printing speeds for their large-format projects.