Investment & installations

A plastics and coatings company is to become a trade house for the printing and signage industry after snapping up a hybrid UV printer at Fespa in Amsterdam earlier this month.

G4 Design & Print Solutions aims to save £45,000 a year after installing a digital cutting table to complement its roll-fed, small- and large-format flatbed digital printers.

Commercial printer Jadan Press has expanded its in-house services with the addition of a bookletmaker and folder that have had an immediate impact.

A near-doubling of customer numbers triggered by investing in the UK's first KBA B1 LED UV press has prompted Blackmore to buy a second saddle-stitching line.

Northern Print has replaced an ageing Wohlenberg guillotine with a Polar N115 from Heidelberg.

Encore Packaging Solutions has spent £250,000 to give itself a big production boost with new kit from Bobst.

Artworks Solutions has invested in an Agfa Jeti Mira wide-format printer in a bid to increase its print quality and efficiency.

London-based POS specialist SMP Group has invested in a second Diecut Goldline manual die-cutter to further increase its safety and productivity.

Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is to open a customer centre as part of an investment that could be as much as £2m to cope with a jump in demand for training for its print engines from across the world.

KJB Print UK has invested around £250,000 in new machinery from Duplo and Horizon to boost its in-house service offering.