Investment & installations
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Gemini operating profit soars more than 150%
Gemini Group's operating profit rose more than 150% in the year to 30 June 2012 following the management reorganisation and restructuring of the previous year.
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M&A activity frenzy results from international growth
There's been a frenzy of M&A activity across the print industry this week, with no fewer than three deals splashed across the front pages of this issue.
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Print Leeds in £3m Heidelberg spend
Print-Leeds has invested around 3m in a Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102-7+L and CTP system as part of its expansion following the acquisition of S&C Labels in February.
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Bournemouth Colour Press installs reverse osmosis system
Bournemouth Colour Press has installed a Technotrans Alpha.r3 reverse osmosis system to standardise water pH and conductivity for its dampening solution in its new Speedmaster XL 75-5.
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Copy General opts for iGen 150
Dulles, VA-based Copy General this week announced the install of a 32-feet long, four-ton Xerox iGen 150 press as it looks to extend its exclusively digital offerings into larger formats.
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Glossop Cartons invests in Mitsubishi D3000LX press
Glossop Cartons has spent "hundreds of thousands" on a secondhand four-colour Mitsubishi D3000LX press, for its premises in Glossop, Derbyshire.
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Clifford Press buys KBA Rapida 162a
Clifford Press, the point of sale, point of purchase and packaging printer, has invested 3m in its fourth KBA Rapida 162a six-colour large format litho press, it will be the first time it has run two...
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Berforts buys UK's first Komori Enthrone 529 Perfector
Berforts Group has invested in the UK's first Komori Enthrone 529 Perfector as part of a raft of investments in litho and digital kit at its Hastings print site.
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Drayton Press incorporates Gaia Services
Drayton Press, has acquired the order book and customer list of former Kall Kwik outlet, Gaia Services and invested 100,000 in equipment.
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Venice-based trade printer Pixartprinting installs four HP Indigo presses
HP has sold four high-speed HP Indigo 7600 colour digital presses to Italian trade web-to-print firm Pixartprinting.