Investment & installations

Ultima kicks off €2m investment plan with double Durst buy
Display kit supplier Ultima Displays has kicked off a €2m (£1.7m) three-year-long investment plan by taking two Durst Rhotex 325s, including one in its Corby, Northamptonshire premises, setting itself...

Chester rounds off £2m packaging spend
Chester Medical Solutions has rounded off a £2m year-long investment programme with the installation of a new six-colour B2 Komori GL29 with coater.

ProCo in £1m litho spend
ProCo has invested around £1m in an SRA1 RMGT Ryobi 925 LED-UV press and a B1 Agfa Avalon N8 platesetter.

Paper Innovation invests in new premises
Bespoke notepad and presentation folder manufacturer Paper Innovation has invested around £2m in a new premises and additional kit.

Haslam sticks with Heidelberg in digital upgrade
Haslam Printers has traded up its Linoprint C901 for a Versafire CP digital press.

Falconer adds second-hand Speedmaster to service rising demand
Falconer Print & Packaging is adding a refurbished five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 UV press to its workshop, along with a new Suprasetter and an upgrade to Prinect.

Holywell Press adds three-side trimmer to its Horizon armoury
Holywell Press, the 127-year-old commercial printer in Oxford, has purchased a Horizon HT-30 three-side trimmer in a bid to smooth out workflows in its bindery.

Core upgrades digital and finishing capabilities
Commercial printer Core Image has invested in a Heidelberg Versafire CV digital press and a Horizon StitchLiner 5500.

Kingsley brings laminating in-house with Komfi Amiga 52
Kingsley Print & Design has brought laminating in-house with the purchase of a Komfi Amiga 52 thermal laminating machine.

KMS Litho brings book finishing in-house with Fastbind
Oxfordshire commercial printer KMS Litho has added a Fastbind perfect binder and casemaker to its factory in order to boost its in-house finishing capability and offer outsourced bindery to local...