Investment & installations

Bluestar sharpens up production with Horizon trimmer
Bluestar Print Finishers has installed a brand-new Horizon iCE HT300 three-knife trimmer, clearing a bottleneck on its guillotine and boosting its trimming capacity by 25%.

Pincroft welcomes MPs for ribbon-cutting ceremony
Military fabric printer Pincroft today (7 February) welcomed the speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, and minister for defence procurement and industry, Maria Eagle, for a ribbon-cutting...

Knockout Print ups the cut with Vivid Veloblade install
Kent-based digital and wide-format specialist Knockout Print has installed a brand-new 2.5x1.6m Vivid Veloblade Nexus 2516 at its Matfield facility, east of Tunbridge Wells.

Linney sticks with Iridesse for digital refresh
Linney has refreshed the digital printing setup at its Quadrant business with a new Xerox Iridesse.

FaberExposize strengthens short-run agility with Colorado M5W purchase
Leeds wide-format specialist FaberExposize UK has installed a brand-new Canon Colorado M5W 1.6m UV printer, helping the firm target specialty and short-run jobs.

Heidelberg names first Jetfire customers
Heidelberg has named the first European customers for its Jetfire sheetfed inkjet press, with the inaugural installation set to be up and running in Switzerland by the end of March.

VMGS Installations bolsters finishing with JWEI JCUT
Leicestershire wide-format firm VMGS Installations has boosted its finishing capacity with a brand-new 3.2m JWEI JCUT-3230 cutting table.

One Digital brightens up printroom with new Iridesse
Brighton commercial printer One Digital has installed a new Xerox Iridesse fitted with fluorescent pink to update its print room and gear up for growth.

Mondi Neusiedler completes €20m investment programme
Mondi has made good progress on the previously announced €20m (£16.6m) investment programme at its Neusiedler uncoated fine paper mills in Austria.

Henderson Print ramps up speed with dual-roll Liyu
Henderson Print, the print arm of retail investment company and Spar supermarket owner Henderson Group, has ramped up production since installing a Liyu Platinum Hybrid Q3XL 3.2m printer.