Investment & installations

GI Solutions Group has signed off a circa £5m spend to move into full-width high-speed inkjet web, as it looks to migrate more litho work to digital and significantly boost capacity.

Commercial printer KMS Litho has purchased a Heidelberg Versafire CV as it plans to more than double digital sales from around 15% of revenue to a third.

Quantum Print & Packaging has opted for a new Dyss X5-1310T twin-head digital cutter, to speed up its sample service and take on shorter-run bespoke packaging projects.

Scarborough-based commercial printer Adverset purchased a Horizon AFC-566 folder at Drupa and has hinted that a further "significant" investment will follow in the summer.

Large-format and digital print specialist Ronset has appointed a new sales manager, a move which it hopes will help contribute to a 10% boost in its turnover by the end of this year.

Signage and printing company Slam Signs has bought a four-colour Epson SureColor SC-S40600 large-format printer to tackle an upsurge of vehicle graphics work.

Wiltshire-based litho and digital printer Superior Creative will become the first company in the UK to take delivery of a Heidelberg LE-UV Speedmaster XL 106.

Three UK printers were among those which chose KBA this Drupa, helping to propel the German manufacturer to a €100m sales boom.

Johnston Mailing has ordered three Canon imagePress machines in a £200,000 deal to help meet heavy demands for direct mail and edge it into new markets.

HP has announced double digit sales of its HP Indigo 30000 Digital Presses for folding carton applications.