Printers

'Walmart of packaging' invests £500,000 in manufacturing

One of Scotland's fastest growing label makers and printers has bought a Mark Andy LP3000 to improve speed and print quality to further target premium brands.

Central Mailing Services invests £500k in new kit and premises

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested around half a million pounds in new machinery and a new unit in a move that is expected to increase its turnover by more than 50%.

Firstan invests £6m in double Komori purchase

Firstan Quality Packaging has invested £6m in two Komori 18,000sph presses - a six-colour Lithrone GX40 with coater and a multi-unit Lithrone GX40RP with reverse printing and coating.

Epson to expand SureColor SC-P series with faster addition

Epson has unveiled the latest addition to its SureColor SC-P series, the 1.62m-wide (64in) SC-P20000.

3B Design rounds off £250,000 spend with Versant 2100

A 100%-digital “one-stop shop” printer has bought a Xerox Versant 2100 to capitalise on business opportunities.

60 seconds with Datum

Datum started back in 1988 in Shoreditch, London, as a pre-press company supplying plates and proofs to the local litho printers. It left behind its London roots in 2000 when the business relocated to...

The speed demons: printers who race against the clock

Ali Ridha Jaffar, sales director at Print Express (part of the Syncoms Group), does not like traffic.

Killer app: Wood Richardson helps garden book to bloom

Following a personal recommendation, self-publishing author Phil Ogden entrusted York-based printer Wood Richardson with the printing of his new botanical book, Ogden’s Garden.

Minuteman Press in Bath expands services with Xerox 1000i buy

The Bath-based branch of Minuteman Press has invested in a Xerox 1000i to enable it to take advantage of gold, silver and clear inks.

Peter Scott Printers increases capacity with Speedmaster buy

Peter Scott Printers has boosted its production capability after buying a secondhand B1 Heidelberg CD 102 six-colour press.