Investment & installations

A folding carton manufacturer is celebrating its 75th anniversary by opening a £600,000 innovation centre packed with new machines.

Labelling manufacturer Watermill Press has invested more than £100,000 in bespoke label finishing equipment to help it to secure a major contract worth £500,000.

Bolton-based wide-format printer Impression has invested more than £150,000 in a DYSS X7-1624C digital cutting table with Superhead and a Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C1070 digital press.

T&C Printers has put its faith in short-run work by buying its first digital machine, a Heidelberg Linoprint CV, to “catapult” it into new areas of work.

CPI Books has reacted to “a significant shift” towards print-on-demand by buying six new Canon printers.

Pureprint Group has ordered the first machines of its multimillion-pound 2016 investment programme.

Exhibition stand design and build company Envisage has boosted its in-house production capabilities after investing in a range of new wide-format machinery.

Window film and commercial graphics company Lustalux hopes to double its turnover by moving into new large-format sectors after a recent expansion.

Packaging manufacturer Glossop Cartons has almost doubled the size of its business by acquiring Stockport-based Contact Print and Packaging for an undisclosed sum.

Edwardthompson has invested more than £400,000 in a raft of new machinery and equipment upgrades to increase its short-run promotional games production by around 50%.