Commercial print

Heathfield commercial printer Scantech has acquired Berforts South West and is set to begin relocating into its new subsidiary’s Hastings base to consolidate under one roof.

Commercial and wide-format printer One Digital is sponsoring one of 50 snail sculptures as part of the Snailspace initiative in support of local charity Martlets Hospice.

Financial sector print specialist Colourfast Financial is set to branch out into commercial print markets with a new web-to-print system as it becomes the first UK company to use the Keyline MIS.

The two former owners of Gateshead Football Club have acquired Newcastle Print Solutions (NPS) to make a return to the commercial and B2B print sectors.

Commercial printer Print Revolution has been acquired by Nottingham-headquartered creative agency Ginger Root.

ESP Colour has acquired Totnes, Devon-based commercial printer Kingfisher Print & Design out of administration, pushing its turnover up to around £20m.

H&H Reeds Printers has raised £1,200 for Macmillan Cancer Support after completing a 140-mile relay around Cumbria.

Future Print Leeds has launched two new dedicated websites to enable it to branch out into two specialist markets: funeral stationery and mug printing.

Staff are limbering up for the 140-year anniversary of H&H Reeds Printers with a 140-mile cycling, running and walking relay event.

Severn has installed a Canon Océ Varioprint i300 sheetfed inkjet press to conclude a £1.2m, six-month reequip as it celebrates the first anniversary of becoming 100% employee owned.

Commercial print and packaging company Hartgraph has bumped up its capacity and streamlined its production after installing a new folder.

Bell & Bain is in the final phase of completing the acquisition of 80-year-old Glasgow printer 21 Colour, with plans to grow the business and nurture its “cracking workforce”.