Printers

Steven Whitford, founder of family-run Plymouth print and direct mail firm Pepper, has died aged 65.

Screen Europe will show the latest iteration of its Truepress Jet 3200UV flatbed printer publicly for the first time at Fespa Digital in March.

One of Scotland's fastest growing label makers and printers has bought a Mark Andy LP3000 to improve speed and print quality to further target premium brands.

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested around half a million pounds in new machinery and a new unit in a move that is expected to increase its turnover by more than 50%.

Firstan Quality Packaging has invested £6m in two Komori 18,000sph presses - a six-colour Lithrone GX40 with coater and a multi-unit Lithrone GX40RP with reverse printing and coating.

Epson has unveiled the latest addition to its SureColor SC-P series, the 1.62m-wide (64in) SC-P20000.

A 100%-digital “one-stop shop” printer has bought a Xerox Versant 2100 to capitalise on business opportunities.

The Bath-based branch of Minuteman Press has invested in a Xerox 1000i to enable it to take advantage of gold, silver and clear inks.

Peter Scott Printers has boosted its production capability after buying a secondhand B1 Heidelberg CD 102 six-colour press.

Carbon Balanced Paper, the initiative that enables printers and their customers to boost their environmental credentials, has been reintroduced in the UK.

Bolton-based wide-format printer Impression has invested more than £150,000 in a DYSS X7-1624C digital cutting table with Superhead and a Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C1070 digital press.

Exhibition stand design and build company Envisage has boosted its in-house production capabilities after investing in a range of new wide-format machinery.