Investment & installations

Kenads Printers is endeavouring to preserve a piece of print history by installing and restoring a Thompson-British automatic platen press from the 1940s.

Print-Leeds has signed a new five-year plate contact with Agfa and invested in the manufacturer’s Arkana processor and Asanti wide-format workflow software.

PM Solutions has bolstered its digital print offering with two new Xerox machines, including Scotland’s first Rialto 900 inkjet press.

FastLabels has invested around £500,000 in a new Xeikon CX3 and an upgrade to an existing Xeikon 3030 in order to futureproof its press line-up as demand for its services grows.

Newprint has bolstered its finishing line-up after spending around £50,000 on three new Morgana machines.

It started with finishing. Commercial printer PCL Digital was looking to win customers by offering more services. Print was well balanced on supply and demand, so managing director Nick Westley-Smith...

There’s no such thing as a cheap machine,” cautions Mark Sheldrick, managing director of secondhand specialist DPM. That said, there is no doubt that the canny printer working with the right partners...

Worldwide Production and Procurement Services (WPAPS) has installed the UK’s first Epson SureColor SC-F9300 to bolster its textile print offering and prepare for significant expansion.

SML Corby has boosted its capacity after installing parent SML Group’s 15th Horizon RD-4055 worldwide.

A3 Design and Print has boosted its capability to accommodate short-run high-end jobs at "near-litho quality" with the addition of a second Heidelberg Versafire CP.