Investment & installations

Swanline boosts throughput with Esko buy
Swanline Paper & Board, the materials division of trade printer Swanline Print, has invested in an Esko Kongsberg C24 cutting table to increase its throughput by up to 80%.

Signature installs i300 in new factory
Personalised gift supplier and manufacturer Signature Gifts has taken delivery of a Canon Océ VarioPrint i300 in its new purpose-built factory in Wigtown, Scotland.

Datum installs new Ricoh
Cross-media printer and design business Datum has installed a new Ricoh Pro C9100 in a bid to bring more of its jobs in-house.

BCQ reveals LE-UV investment and brings perfect binding in-house
Commercial printer BCQ Group is set to take delivery of its first LE-UV press next spring and has also brought perfect binding in-house following a separate finishing investment.

Top Print in double Canon installation
Commercial printer Top Print has installed two new machines from Canon, an imagePress C800 and imagePress C700.

The Print Co doubles capacity with Speedmaster XL 75-4 buy
The Print Co has invested £850,000 in its second Heidelberg Speedmaster - a four-colour XL 75 – to boost its flexibility, quality and competitiveness as demand for its services continues to increase.

Medica Packaging completes extensive prepress overhaul
Pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging specialist Medica Packaging has invested heavily in its pre press department with a major upgrade to its equipment.

Healeys begins spending spree
Healeys Print Group has boosted its finishing department as part of a wider investment programme to help support growth.

Folio upgrades cutting after boosting product range
Fine art book printer Folio Albums has installed a CCM Premier 780 guillotine from supplier Terry Cooper Services (TCS).

Stormpress invests in new Epson SureColor
Exeter-based Stormpress has installed a new Epson SureColor SC-P9000.