Printers

Interprint has invested around £500,000 in its fast-growing digital department following an explosion in demand over the past 12 months.

Mimtec, a thermoforming specialist based in Portsmouth, has taken the plunge into print production after ordering an Acuity Advance Select printer with Uvijet KV inks from Fujifilm.

Taylor Brothers has installed a new five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with coater as a direct replacement for a nine-year-old Speedmaster CD 74 six-colour.

Northern & Shell is set to close its Preston print facility, Broughton Printers, with the loss of 91 jobs according to local media reports.

Mid-Wales commercial printer Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has acquired NRG Direct Mail, an eight-staffed mailing house based across the border in Shrewsbury.

Cimpress has announced its second acquisition of 2015 in the form of Austrian web-to-print business Druck und Handelsgesellschaft (Druck.at).

Johnston Press has won a “multi-million pound” five-year contract to print Express Newspapers’ four major print titles at its Dinnington site in Sheffield.

Tall Security Print, part of the Tall Group of Companies, has invested £500,000 in new litho, digital and finishing equipment, including a new 500mm web press from Spanish manufacturer Imer.

The Barnsley Chronicle didn’t get to be more than 150 years old by staying behind the curve on technology.

Since getting a job as a paste-up artist/typesetter 25 years ago, Tracey and print have been inseparable. Moving to specialist commercial printing firm Hibiscus as a Mac operator, she now manages the...