Business

Photobox boosts capacity with Epson investment
Photobox has invested in five Epson SureColor SC-S60600 wide-format printers to meet its ongoing increasing demand for personalised photo canvases.

Central Mailing Services invests £500k in new kit and premises
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested around half a million pounds in new machinery and a new unit in a move that is expected to increase its turnover by more than 50%.

Successful after 70 years with frugal and risk-averse approach
Warwick Printing is celebrating its seventh decade in business after following a risk-averse business strategy which has allowed it to flourish in the tough litho magazine market.

Firstan invests £6m in double Komori purchase
Firstan Quality Packaging has invested £6m in two Komori 18,000sph presses - a six-colour Lithrone GX40 with coater and a multi-unit Lithrone GX40RP with reverse printing and coating.

CitySprint focuses on growth with Imprint-MIS investment
CitySprint Document Solutions is this week booting up a new management information system (MIS) to help streamline digital, mailing and distribution work.

Smith & Ouzman looks to future following £2.2m fine
Smith & Ouzman is concentrating on diversifying into non-print offerings and winning new business, after being fined £2.2m following its conviction on corruption charges.

GT4 Group targets £12m turnover following TPL Labels acquisition
GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has entered the pressure-sensitive labels market by acquiring label manufacturer TPL Labels.

Roland DG adds larger and faster option to VersaUV series
Roland DG has launched the LEF-300, a new addition to its VersaUV series of UV-LED flatbed inkjet printers.

Flint Group plans Dundee plant closure; 117 jobs at risk
Flint Group is planning to close its Dundee plant and move all manufacturing to the US in response to the "irreversible decline" in printed publications.

Jaymar Packaging first to use IST (UK)’s UV retrofit service
Jaymar Packaging is the first UK company to use IST (UK)’s new UV retrofit service, after adding a conventional UV system to a six-colour-plus-coater Manroland 700.