Investment & installations
Clays ramps up POD capacity with Ricoh European first
St Ives Clays has become the first company in Europe to invest in Ricoh’s Drupa-launched Digital Book Printing Solution.
Character Mailing increases productivity with Sitma buy
Mailing house Character Mailing has boosted its productivity by purchasing a Sitma SM10 envelope enclosing machine.
Hammond announces infrastructure investment amid slowing growth
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a number of measures to boost UK infrastructure, including a £23bn National Productivity Investment fund.
SAS eases finishing with Acuity purchase
Fine art and photographic printer SAS Graphics has installed a Fujifilm Acuity Select X28 flatbed to take the strain off its finishing department.
WO Jones boosts large-format offering with Roland buy
Commercial printer WO Jones has installed a Roland TrueVis VG540 printer-cutter to bring all its wide-format work in-house.
Adverset embraces B2 in £1m spend
Commercial printer Adverset Media Solutions has spent £1m in a strategic step up to B2.
Grayson revamps digital line-up
Grayson Design & Print has invested £155,000 on two new printers and finishing equipment.
Blueorange gives OKI the okay
Wide-format printer Blueorange Signs has invested £24,000 in a 1.6m-wide (64in) OKI ColorPainter M-64S.
Park Comms in further finishing investment
London-based Park Communications has invested just shy of £200,000 in bringing lay-flat binding and die-cutting in-house.
Publisher ups capacity of new in-house print arm with Ricoh buy
Independent trade publisher Austin Macauley Publishers is set to bolster the capacity of its new in-house printing facility after purchasing a second Ricoh Pro 8100SE digital printer.