Investment & installations

Controlling the controllables to challenge the challenges
There’s not much you can do about spiralling energy or paper costs, but where you do have control is in internal processes and physical and digital workflows. Ricoh’s Tim Carter suggests a fresh focus...

Aura Print in double Ricoh buy
Aura Print has taken on a secondhand Ricoh Pro C9200 and is set to install a Pro C7200X from the manufacturer this month.

Micropress plans major investment to grow digital offering
Micropress is planning to invest more than £1m extending its factory in order to ramp up its short-run digital offering.

MBO team takes charge at Large Print Works
Large Print Works (LPW) has been bought by an MBO duo that includes a former apprentice.

WPG expands into flatbed wide-format with Mimaki buy
Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has installed a Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX to ramp-up turnarounds.

Northern Collating enhances bindery with Horizon spend
Northern Collating has futureproofed its service offering after investing in a Horizon BQ-270V single clamp perfect binder.

Spread Group acquires shares in B2B merchandise platform
Customised fashion and lifestyle products provider Spread Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Berlin-based B2B merchandise platform Mula.

Mina Print rebrands to Nationwide Workwear
Mina Print has rebranded itself as Nationwide Workwear, as part of a pivot away from large-format print and towards customised clothing for businesses.

Sign Design GB expands in-house capabilities with Epson buy
Sign Design GB has brought a range of services in-house and enhanced its production capacity after investing in an Epson SureColor SC-V7000 UV flatbed printer.

As well as the usual mix of news roundups and thought-provoking features, the August & September ‘Taking ownership’ issue looks at two exit strategies that enable business owners to hand the reins to the people they trust most, their staff…
Keeping up the M&A theme, this issue’s briefing section kicks off with a look at the spike in company acquisitions (a dozen are featured in the issue's news digest alone) and asks if turbulent times...