Investment & installations

Mint Signs enters commercial print arena
Sign and display company Mint Signs has launched a traditional print and design business in response to the number of printers entering the exhibition market.

Glossop Cartons scoops Highcon Euclid first from Chesapeake
Glossop Cartons is set to take on the world's first Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine.

Finco invests in side seal polywrapping
Essex-based finishing company Finco has invested in a unit to create side seals along the vertical edges of newsstand publications.

As Konica buys Charterhouse, print asks: is this the future?
Firms once solely regarded as manufacturers are branching out into services, with mergers and acquisitions often enabling the move. But is it wise?

Polyprint invests 250,000 in high-speed wicketer
Packaging printer Polyprint has invested in a high-speed Hudson-Sharp wicketting machine to meet increased demand for printed plastic food bags.

Graphic Dimensions eyes labels growth following WS6600 install
Atlanta-headquartered Graphic Dimensions is targetting growth in the wholesale labels industry after installing an HP Indigo WS6600 and launching a label division, New Dimension Labels, late last...

Delta Packaging crowns investment with Speedmaster XL 106
Belfast-based Delta Packaging has installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-6LYYL, its fourth B1 press, as part of a raft of investments across the factory.

Fujifilm highlights importance of ink with £3m factory expansion
Fujifilm has invested £3m in additional UV inkjet manufacturing capacity at its Broadstairs, Kent factory.

Loveurope eyes digital deal following Locomotion buy
Loveurope chief executive Steve Owens has said the firm is looking to acquire an online/digital business following last week's puchase of Soho-based creative post-production business Locomotion.

ERA: client spending reviews are a supplier opportunity
Printers should not be threatened by spending reviews undertaken by their clients but use them to examine their own strategies, a print industry procurement specialist has said.