Investment & installations

Greenwoods Stock Boxes has installed a new Goldline 1300 to take smaller-format work off of its existing large-format clamshell platen, alleviating concerns over operator safety.

Trade printer DCL Print has invested in a Fujifilm Acuity 1600 LED to expand its business into wide-format.

Wide-format printer Macro Art has invested around £600,000 in a range of new machinery and software including an EFI Vutek GS3250LX LED UV-curing printer and a Zünd G3 XL-3200 cutter.

DST Output has unveiled details of a £4.9m technology spend as the group reports a return to operational profit in its latest results.

Commercial printer Hawksworth Graphics Print & Sign has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch-fold-trim line to boost its productivity and capacity.

Graphics producer John E Wright has invested around £120,000 in a Zünd G3 XL-3200 cutter to increase its speed, efficiency and capacity.

International outdoor media specialist Prismaflex has boosted the production capacity and service offerings at its Newhaven factory after investing in an HP Scitex TJ8300 TurboJet.

Trade printer Calderprint has rounded off a circa £1m spend this year with the UK’s first Shinohara since the Japanese litho press manufacturer was bought by Hans Gronhi two years ago.

Acculith Repro has invested in a new Ricoh Pro C901 digital colour press to drive its digital growth and target new markets.

It’s a regular staple of the tabloid press, a shock-horror headline stating that consumers are paying more for their desktop printer ink than they’d pay for vintage champagne.