Investment & installations

Cepac in £2m bespoke packaging site investment
Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac is investing £2m to kick off a programme of expansion at its Rawcliffe Bridge site, which focuses on bespoke packaging supply.

UK Bookbinders moves into laminating
South West-based finishing firm UK Bookbinders has installed a Komfi Delta 52 as part of a £250,000 investment programme for H2 2017.

Print Academy embraces LED-UV
The Print Academy has retrofitted an LED-UV curing system to its existing litho press, in a bid to "establish a new USP".

Hickling takes new Versant
Commercial and digital printer Hickling & Squires has become the second UK printer to take the new Xerox Versant 180 digital press.

RNB pushing for growth after investment
RNB Group has invested around £170,000 in two new mono laser printers and an Imprint MIS as it aims to cross the £10m-turnover mark.

Smart Graphics increases efficiency with Tharstern MIS buy
Scottish specialist graphics provider Smart Graphics has invested in a full Tharstern MIS which it said will slash estimating time.

Displayways eyes next stage of growth
Displayways has rounded off a £500,000 capacity boosting kit reequip and site expansion as it looks to grow its new project management wing, which is headed by a recently appointed former St Ives...

Howard Hunt first in UK for new friction feeder
Direct mail service provider Howard Hunt has become the first company in the UK to take the new Pegasus 320 friction feeder.

Bluetree Connect expands
Bluetree Group has given its print procurement brand, Bluetree Connect, a massive fillip with the appointment of a new director, staff and the allocation of additional resources.

Kalas moving forward with folder-gluer purchase
Kalas Packaging has installed an Omega Allpro 70 folder-gluer as it ramps up its new carton production offering.