Litho

Leeds-based Resource has rounded off a £3m investment in a relocation and upgrading its production facilities with a five-colour SRA1 Ryobi 925 press.

Gloucester-based printer Severn has bought a B2 four-colour Komori Lithrone S29 with H-UV curing to update its litho operation and increase its productivity.

Dunfermline-based Pandaprint has ordered a Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 74-5 press, which will replace its first B2 machine, a Komori Spica, later this summer.

Technique Print Group has branched out into digital printing after investing in a Konica Minolta C6000.

Hampton Printing has invested in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L to handle the shorter runs required by some of its existing clients and to open up new opportunities.

Litho and digital print firm DXG Media has invested in a Stahlfolder KH 82 to increase its efficiency.

Ratcliff & Roper is building on strong demand from the higher education sector with an investment in a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74.

??S Barber & Co is marking its 100th anniversary with the installation of a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 74-5, which it said will increase productivity.

Design Office has installed a Hans Gronhi GH525 five-colour B3 press to reduce maintenance costs and downtime.

Barnet-based MPC Solutions signed for a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 at Heidelberg’s 20/20 Vision event last week in a £1.4m spend that will lead to the new press replacing two older Heidelbergs.

Smurfit Kappa UK has agreed to acquire independent Corby-based litho-laminated packaging specialist CRP Print and Packaging Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).