Investment & installations

Hickling & Squires in Xerox and Duplo spend

A surge in demand for short-run digital and personalised print-on-demand work has led Hickling & Squires to install two Xerox presses.

Catford Print Centre boosts bindery with Ashgate spend

Catford Print Centre is forecasting a growth in short-run hardback books and has installed a Fastbind system to meet the expected rise in demand.

W&G Baird installs Speedmaster XL 106-8-P as part of £4m investment

W&G Baird has made a bumper £4m investment – backed by the Bank of Ireland - that includes a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8-P with Inpress Control 2 and a Kolbus KM600 perfect binding line.

PJ Print looks for high-speed boost to turnover with new Komori

A Suffolk print company has transformed itself in “one fell swoop” after a Komori Lithrone kit switch as part of a £1m investment.

Fisherprint chooses Heidelberg and Konica Minolta in £2m spend

Fisherprint hopes to slash makeready times and add £1m to its turnover with a new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 as part of a £2m investment.

TCS expands guillotine range with Grafcut cutters

Terry Cooper Services (TCS) has signed an exclusive two-year UK agreement to supply two new Grafcut guillotines.

McLellan bolsters digital set-up with Konica spend

McLellan Printing has invested around £30,000 in a new Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C1060L to boost its capabilities and quality.

GI Solutions secures high-speed inkjet first

GI Solutions Group has signed for its third high-speed inkjet, part of a £1.5m spend, as the firm inches towards two-thirds of its sales being digitally driven.

Rosehill spends £1m on new Speedmaster XL 75 and finishing kit

Rosehill Press has invested in a range of new machinery from Heidelberg – including a Speedmaster XL 75-5+L press – to increase capacity and reduce lead times.

Spectrum adds extra digital and platemaking capacity

Spectrum Printing Services has beefed up platemaking and digital capacity after enjoying growth in business across both litho and digital services.