Investment & installations

The Covid-19 new normal has brought the future forward

Six months have now passed since the UK went into lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19, and while this resulted in a large and well-documented drop in work almost overnight for many...

The three new Tesla's at the firm's Bristol factory

MPS invests for a sustainable future

MPS Marketing Services has rounded off a circa £650,000 spend this year on kit and infrastructure with a move to switch its company fleet to electric vehicles as it positions itself for a “sustainable...

New entrance for Stationers' Hall

Stationers' £7.5m revamp set to begin

The UK print industry’s ancestral home, Stationers' Hall, is set to kick off a £7.5m renovation and modernisation project as it approaches its 350th anniversary.

Epson and Summa package has a list price of around £24,500

Sign Here updates offering

Signage and vehicle graphics specialist Sign Here has updated its print and cutting battery to broaden its offering and future-proof the business.

Williams: bringing more processes into Curtis's Redhill factory

Curtis invests to bring processes home

Curtis Packaging has rounded off a circa £800,000 post-press re-equip with a Kama ProCut foiler as part of a strategy to bring more services inhouse.

Digital Pro 3 is capable of printing and finishing labels at up to 23.4m/min

MRP adds label flexibility

Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has invested a six-figure sum to bring in it its first dedicated digital label press to enhance flexibility as run-lengths shorten.

The 6,000bph Horizon StitchLiner is helping the firm adapt to the new landscape

Lea Printers embraces Covid changes with StitchLiner

Lea Printers has installed a new Horizon StitchLiner bookletmaker as it looks to adapt its production capacity to support shorter runs and faster makereadies.

Lindsay (left): we were impressed by the vibrancy of colour

PeterLynn broadens its digital labels offering

Label printer PeterLynn has expanded its toner-based digital firepower with a new Screen inkjet press as it ramps up capacity to keep up with a Covid-19 driven spike in demand for digital labels.

Forster (right) with the new machine and Durst UK business development manager, Peter Jones

Colorscan swaps two presses for one

Colorscan Imaging Products is targeting growth outside of its core brewing and hospitality markets, which have been heavily impacted by Covid, with a new Durst single-pass inkjet label press.

Tolley, Peeling and Bailey: more M&A could be on the cards

Precision, Prime and Proco merge and unveil £100m target

Precision Printing, Prime Group and ProCo have joined forces to create a £45m, 360 staff multisite commercial and online print group with ambitions to nudge £100m sales in three years.