Investment & installations

Midland Regional Printers backs optimism with £450k die-cutter order
Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has ordered a new Sanwa 1060 SCB Axia blanking and die-cutting machine, to be installed in September 2023.

Super-Wide Digital commits to dye-sub with clean conscience
Lancashire wide-format trade printer Super-Wide Digital (SWD) has installed an Agfa Avinci CX3200 dye sublimation printer, the firm’s second Agfa machine.

Optimum Signs first to buy PrintIQ V46
Preston-based wide signwriter Optimum Signs was the first to sign up for PrintIQ’s latest cloud MIS software package, Version 46 (V46).

MediaCo installs UK’s first SwissQprint Kudu
MediaCo Group has taken delivery of the UK’s first SwissQprint Kudu to enhance its productivity and quality.

Vivid scoops biggest-ever order
Vivid has scooped a record-breaking order from Royal Mail for its VeloBlade Nexus wide-format digital die-cutter.

Hickling & Squires brings wide-format in-house
Nottingham commercial printer Hickling & Squires has bought wide-format printing in-house after investing a total of £170,000 in new kit.

Futureprint widens horizons with bookletmaker install
Family-run commercial printer Futureprint has expanded its offering after buying a Horizon SPF-200L landscape bookletmaker.

Print Co launches after reunion with old owner
Three print veterans have banded together to launch wide-format and digital printer Print Co after one of their former businesses decided to exit print.

Service Graphics finesses footprint
Service Graphics has finessed its UK footprint with consolidation at some branch locations and expansion elsewhere.

Paramount4 goes back for seconds after Mimaki install
Newbury exhibition and events firm Paramount4 has installed a Mimaki UCJV300-160 printer-cutter after finding previous success with a 3.2m-wide Mimaki.