Investment & installations

Review of 2014: January
All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

Review of 2014: February
All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

Hobs Reprographics attracts £7m BGF investment
Hobs Reprographics has become the latest print business to attract funding from the Business Growth Fund (BGF).

Wrights GPX invests £250,000 in new Océ flatbed and Zünd cutter
Plastic product manufacturer Wrights GPX has bought a Zünd G3 XL-3200 cutting system and a Canon Océ Arizona 660 XT flatbed printer, as part of its latest £250,000 investment programme.

Kingfisher Print & Design boosts litho operation with Speedmaster XL 75 buy
Commercial printer Kingfisher Print & Design has capped a strong year of growth by investing in a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 press.

Rocket Graphics boosts capacity with third Mimaki JV33
Exhibition and event project management specialist Rocket Graphics has bought a third JV33-160 to boost its capacity and help it complete a prestigious US print contract.

Stewart Signs takes 2014 capex to £500k with twin Zünd G3 install
Stewart Signs has installed a pair of 2.5m-wide Zünd G3 digital cutting tables to handle the increasing variety of vehicle graphics it produces for clients.

Fulprint marks biggest ever single investment with Ryobi 525GE buy
Commercial printer Fulprint has invested in a five-colour Ryobi 525GE B3-format press to replace an existing four-colour machine from the same manufacturer, which has been part-exchanged.

Iggesund invests €60m in mills in Sweden and UK
Holmen Group has announced a €60m (£46m) investment to boost production capacity at its subsidiary Iggesund Paperboard's mills in Workington, UK and Iggesund, Sweden.

Lanes boosts production efficiencies with Screen PlateRite 8600N-S buy
Commercial printer Lanes Printers has invested in a new Screen PlateRite 8600N-S B1 thermal platesetter to deliver a more efficient and productive plate production workflow to its growing offset print...