Investment & installations

The past year has been defined by bail-outs, debt and contraction across the eurozone, which has adversely affected business and consumer confidence.

At next year's Drupa, the industry's suppliers will announce, and possibly even deliver, many new or upgraded products that will give an insight into the direction that print will take in the future....

DS Smith has announced a 20% year-on-year increase in its pre-tax profits from 35.6m to 42.8m in its half-year results, on revenues of 1,034m.

Amar Ujala Publications, the publisher of one of the leading Hindi daily, Amar Ujala, upgraded its pre-press with Kodak plate setters.

Haridwar-based Omega Printopack has commissioned a Fine Coat 80, the UV coating machine from Autoprint to meet the finishing requirement for its print packaging business.

New Delhi-based Kangaro Print Ways has increased the size of its printing capability with the installation of new Komori Enthrone 29, a four-colour press supplied by Insight Print Communications.

Some pieces of kit get it just right and deliver top performance, making money for the users. Mehul Desai speaks about one such printing press

Commercial printer DG3 has purchased a second-hand HP Indigo 5000 from used equipment specialist DPM to boost its high-value variable data print offering.

Butler Tanner & Dennis has installed a Technotrans beta.c combination unit to cool down the company's Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 162 press.

The introduction of an 'above the line' tax grant to replace the existing R&D tax credit for larger companies will only benefit the print industry if it is made available to SMEs, according to...