Printers

The Printing Charity has pledged over £1m to two new initiatives that will allow it to reach more vulnerable people in the printing, packaging, paper and allied industries.

Wide-format and digital print business Elephant Graphics has rebranded as Elephant Print and Display to "realign" itself with the market in which it operates.

Former Pureprint business development manager Kelly Harris has joined Healeys as sales and marketing director.

Start-up outdoor printer Your Print Partner is recruiting an extra four staff after installing a Mimaki Tx400-1800B direct-to-textile press.

Commercial printer Optima Print has invested in a new Heidelberg Polar 66 guillotine as a replacement for an older machine.

SP Group, the retail and POS division of St Ives, has sealed a £1m contract with Holland & Barrett's parent company NBTY Europe.

The North East-based commercial printer initially forecast a 1.8m sales boost after securing funds from Yorkshire Bank, but PBL now expects an uplift in excess of 3m.

Mastercolour has installed the UK's first six-colour KBA Rapida 75E after it ordered the press at Drupa as a replacement for two five-colour KBA Rapida presses.

Intoprint UK is the latest North East printer to attract funding from a turnaround fund that invests in SMEs to boost their profit and capacity.

BSS has bought an array of folding and wrapping equipment following a string of client wins, including one of Scotland's "leading broadsheet Sunday newspapers".

Real Digital International (RDI) has recorded a near 300% increase in pre-tax profits, to 3.1m, for the year to 31 December 2011.

Prizmatic Print Solutions has installed a Uchida Aerocut Quatro to run alongside a new Canon 9070 Pro.