Investment & installations

Bristol-based Apple Litho has brought its digital work in-house with the acquisition of a Heidelberg Linoprint C901 digital press.

DCL Print has invested in a Kern 2500 inserter at its Gloucester plant to facilitate the growth of its mailing business.

Littlehampton-based AJS Labels has invested 1m in a custom-built, 12-colour MPS label press.

Adding flatbed firepower has enabled Manor Printing to reduce its turnaround times and outsourcing requirements, and secure new business

As technology continues to improve, litho presses are currently getting much better at short-run, on-demand work. But platesetters must keep apace, too, if those gains are really going to be effective

Wiltshire print company Ripe Digital has become the UK's first customer for the Mohr 56 ECO guillotine.

County Durham print firm Printmeit.com has increased its offer and brought wide format work in-house with a facility expansion and equipment investment.

GPS Colour Graphics has invested in excess of £1m in a new Heidelberg Eurobind Pro 19 clamp perfect binder and a Muller Martini Ventura MC sewing machine.

ESP Colour has trebled in size following an investment in digital and wide-format printing and creative design and web services late last year.

Liverpool-based commercial printer The Printroom has invested in the UK's first Horizon StitchLiner 6000.