The new office, which opens on 20 January and will be headed up by Maurice Oliver, general manager for H&H Reeds Printers, is to replace the old Albany Signs office. It will take orders for all types of print material and will specialise in signs and banner production, vehicle wraps and graphics, outdoor signage and exhibition graphics.
All stationery and print such as full-colour magazines, tourism leaflets, books, brochures, catalogues and fine art reproductions will continue to be completed at H&H Reeds Printer’s Penrith print shop in Cumbria.
H&H Reeds Printers has also announced the appointment of Michaela Dixon as administration manager of the company's new office and sign workshop.
Dixon will be responsible for the overall management of the office and for helping to grow the business in and around Carlisle, Eastern Cumbria and South West Scotland. The head office and print shop of H&H Reeds Printers will remain in Penrith.
The acquisition of Albany Signs marked 40-staff H&H Reeds' first venture into the wide-format sector; it took over the wide-format and signage printer in a bid to expand its range of services while creating a one-stop shop.
H&H Reeds was formed when Reeds Printers was bought by by one its key clients, H&H, in December 2010 following its decision to enter the print industry.
H&H Group, which is an unquoted PLC with more than 1,000 shareholders, owns a diverse range of businesses, including livestock auction, land agency, vehicle finance, insurance and property sales.
H&H Reeds Printers joint managing director Brian Dene said: "The new office is all on one level and we have made more of a reception area where people can come in and see our products. The idea is that we can sell our print services from the new office as well."
Equipment and staff for the new office are to be transferred over from the old Albany Signs site although the company is planning to invest in new machines in the future.
Dene added: "We will be looking at new equipment but we haven't yet decided what to buy. We are considereding investing in a flat-bed printer but it depends how business goes over the next six months."
