Investment & installations

Parkside chooses Universal for slitting
Flexo packaging printer Parkside has bought two Universal X6 slitting machines, one of each for its factories in Normanton, West Yorkshire, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

German printer in European B2 inkjet first
German printer Rehms Druck has become the first European company to take a Konica Minolta B2 AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press.

Bulpitt takes new Konica machine
Bulpitt Print has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPrint C2060L digital press.

Gardners targets growth with £1m spend
Wide-format printer Gardners has invested just shy of £1m in kit as it eyes growth in its retail “heartland”.

We Do Print upgrades facilities
Commercial Group’s social enterprise arm We Do Print has installed a number of new pieces of kit, including a bookletmaker and two 3D printers.

Regency doubles Truepress capacity
Regency Design & Print has invested in its second Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV HS wide-format flatbed printer.

GPS pushing large-format boundaries
Graphic Print and Sign Co (GPS) has installed a new Dyss X7-3220C Superhead Conveyorised Digital Cutter to complement its new larger-format offering.

A3 hones high-end offering with Versafire buy
A3 Design & Print has installed a new Heidelberg Versafire CP Digital Press, to aid with short-run digital work for high-end design agencies.

Oxuniprint upgrades with Komori
The printing division of Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxuniprint, has bought a new Komori Lithrone S29 H-UV to replace an ageing B2 Mitsubishi Diamond 1000 press.

Optichrome in double Versafire investment
Commercial printer Optichrome has invested £250,000 in two Heidelberg Versafire CP digital presses, in a bid to increase its digital output.