Investment & installations

Folio updates Stahlfolders to meet throughput demands
Folio Print Finishing has ordered two new Stahlfolders to handle an increasing workload after a recent investment in a binder.

Visual bids for growth with bookletmaker investment
Expanding Lincoln-based Visual Print & Design has bought a new bookletmaker to boost sales as it considers further acquisitions.

Acquisitive Macfarlane adds second Scottish distribution centre
Macfarlane Packaging has followed up a recent acquisition by opening a new distribution centre to help spearhead growth in Scotland.

Pack2Basics opts for digital cutter as first kit purchase
Packaging start-up firm specialist Pack2Basics has bought a new Dyss X5-1625T twin-head digital cutter with K-Cut Pro Vision.

Crown Litho targets growth with Yawa investment
Surrey commercial printer Crown Litho is targeting a 20% increase in turnover with a new automatic foil stamping machine from Yawa.

Marstan Press purchases new foiler following contract win
Litho and digital printer Marstan Press has purchased a new Gietz FSA 790 EFF B2 foiling machine, to meet demand for a large foiling contract secured in May.

Tipografic projects productivity boost with £3m Heidelberg investment
Label producer Tipografic expects to increase productivity by almost 25% after investing in its second Speedmaster XL 106 in six months and finishing equipment.

Bex Design & Print first in UK for Jetrix LED
Screen and digital printer Bex Design & Print has installed the UK's first InkTec Jetrix LX5 LED-UV printer.

Potts Print UK invests in finishing
Cramlington, Northumberland-based digital and litho printer Potts Print UK has made a £230,000 investment in a new Horizon SPF-FC/200L bookletmaker and a Perfecta 132 TS Flowline guillotine.

Telford Repro buys new finisher to up turnover
Shropshire-based digital printer Telford Repro has bought a new finishing system from Duplo, a DC-616 Pro slitter-cutter-creaser, in a bid to boost turnover towards the £1m mark.