Litho

East London-based commercial printer Leycol Printers has merged with the UK operation of US-headquartered Diversified Global Graphics Group (DG3), creating a circa-£23m company.

Midlands-based printer Ortek has closed its doors.

Trade printer Route One Print has rounded off another big summer of spending, completing a £5.3m investment with the installation of a Fujifilm Jet Press and an LE-UV litho press.

Park Communications has invested in a highly specified KBA Rapida 106 with features new to the UK, its second KBA press investment in 18 months.

The Print Academy has retrofitted an LED-UV curing system to its existing litho press, in a bid to "establish a new USP".

Commercial printer Statexcolourprint has adopted H-UV instant drying with the purchase of a B2 Komori press.

RMGT (Ryobi) UK agent Apex Digital Graphics is to host the UK show debut of the new RMGT 928P press at Ipex later this year.

J Thomson Colour Printers has made its first move into barrel ink pumping after fitting a Technotrans system to a recently installed KBA Rapida 106-10 SW5 SPC litho press.

Suffolk-based Micropress has invested £1.2m on a new litho press and finishing kit from Heidelberg.

Surrey-based commercial printer 4-Print has entered the world of digital, investing in a Heidelberg Versafire CP digital press.

Welsh commercial printer Symposium Design & Print has installed a secondhand 10-colour Komori Lithrone LS29 perfector in a bid to reduce lead times.

Northend Creative Print Solutions has invested just shy of £1m on a five-colour RMGT (Ryobi) 925 LED-UV press along with various add-ons.