Investment & installations

Rotary early adopter of new Versant

Midlands-based Rotary Printers has become the third printer to take the new Xerox Versant 180 digital press.

Showcard upgrades fulfilment division

Large-format POS printer Showcard Print has invested in new kit for its fulfilment and logistics department, in a £200,000 spend.

Communisis opens new digitisation facility

Communisis has invested in a new processing facility for its ECM Connect digitisation platform in Leeds.

Sprintprint races to boost digital

Commercial printer Sprintprint has installed a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C2060L to upgrade its digital facility.

One Digital brings finishing processes in-house

Commercial and wide-format printer One Digital has invested around £20,000 in a Foliant Vega 400A laminator with foiling unit to bring laminating and foiling in-house.

First Paige opts for Versant

Midlands-based commercial printer First Paige has taken delivery of a Xerox Versant 80 digital press.

MTC in HP 3D first

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has become the first UK organisation to take HP’s Jet Fusion 4200 3D printer.

GHP goes bespoke with in-house production line

Grosvenor House Papers (GHP) has set up its first book printing production line with the installation of a Konica Minolta bizhub press to run inline with a Watkiss bookletmaker.

As a business evolves so must its staff

In separate conversations this week, two print bosses detailed at length their belief that the days of the ‘traditional’ print business are numbered.

Galloways brings wide-format in-house

Commercial printer Galloways has moved into the wide-format space with the installation of a Mimaki large-format printer-cutter, along with taking a new folder for its litho department.