Investment & installations

Plastic card manufacturer Nitecrest has spent £500,000 on a plastic card affixing-and-inserting machine with print capability to increase productivity and capacity and push up turnover.

A note in a suggestion box about shrink wrapping led Pensord Press to buy equipment that will slash labour costs by half.

One Digital has upgraded its wide-format HP printer with an eight-colour 1.5m HP Z6800 and invested in a new bookletmaker to boost turnover.

Large-format printer Digital Plus has installed a new Agfa Jeti Mira UV flatbed printer, just 18 months after it became the first UK company to invest in an Anapurna M3200i roll-to-roll.

Precision is investing £3m in a plant overhaul, including a move up to SRA1, a switch from Heidelberg to Ryobi presses, new plate makers and cutting and stitching kit.

Liverpool-based digital printer Go Cre8 has taken on two new contracts and increased production after becoming the first UK printer to install the HP PageWide XL 5000.

Oxfordshire-based print and design company Hunts is printing at three times its 2015 capacity, and has taken on new contracts, after the installation of two Xerox Versant 2100 presses.

Route One Print has overhauled its pre-press supply, with new plates, a low-chemistry plate processor, a developer and workflow software, all from Fujifilm.

Investment company Standard Life has become the first company in the UK to purchase a Canon Océ VarioPrint i300, for its in-house print and mail facility.

Alton-based Dataprint has opted for a Linoprint CV to try and counter what it sees as the fight back by litho.