Investment & installations

Howard Hunt will install eight Kodak Versamark DH9100 printheads next month to wrap up a 3.5m spend that does not include the Kodak Prosper 5000XL installed in early 2011.

Mathias Bauerle (MB) has been saved from closure by a buyout team including its existing management team, UK distributor and an unnamed Swiss investor.

Commercial business Stones Printers has cut its overtime bill by investing in a CCM78 M5 guillotine to replace its 25-year-old predecessor.

KBA is to merge its Trennfeld plant into its main Wrzburg facility 16 miles away, a move it said would save several million euros a year but lead to "almost all" 220 staff being offered new roles.

Wide format manufacturer Mimaki aims to set up a dedicated EMEA support operation before next summer in response to huge demand in the wide format market.

Kent-based Wallace Print has added an Oce Arizona 250 GT digital flatbed to its two Fuji Acuity Advance machines as part of a 100,000 investment.

ESP Colour has smashed its own global productivity record after achieving 498 makereadies and 2.1m impressions at an average 17,108 sheets per hour in one 168 hour week on its XL 105.

Wiltshire-based Superior Creative, the litho and digital printer, has invested hundreds of thousands in a Diecut Goldline, which the manufacturer claims will be the biggest in the world.

Sheffield-based Rose Signs & Engraving has spent 9,000 on an Epson Surecolor S30600, as part of a 16,000 total spend at the Spandex open house, earlier this month.