Investment & installations

CRP Print & Packaging invests in Pre-Print operation
Speciality products group CRP Print & Packaging is continuing its investment programme with the installation of a Rexson ColourPoint ink dispensing facility and laboratory and a customer suite.

Reinvestment: preparing for a rainy day in the monsoon season
Tricky business conditions can make it seem impossible to create a financial life jacket, while risible interest rates make it seem pointless. However, it can be done and will help you steer a steady...

Geoff Neal Litho opens 600,000 short run department
Direct mail printer Geoff Neal Litho has invested around 600,000 in a Heidelberg Anicolor press and finishing machinery to offer short run services.

To beta or not to beta, that is the question
There is more to beta testing than many would at first realise but, while there are many hidden pitfalls, there are just as many advantages to being a manufacturer's real-life test laboratory

The Print Centre makes 95,000 triple finishing investment
DS Repro, trading as The Print Centre, has invested 95,000 in finishing equipment to enhance its envelope inserting capabilities.

Ancient House Press invests 2.5m in new Komori 10-colour perfector
The Ipswich-based web and sheetfed printer has bought a Komori GL1040P as part of an investment programme that the company hopes will increase turnover by up to 2m.
Manchester Printers increases turnover with online store
Manchester Printers has increased its annual turnover to 1.2m in 2011/2012 from 940,000 in 2010/2011, following the launch of its online store.

Me & my... Océ Arizona 360 XT
The Bigger Printing Company added this press to its line-up to deliver quality print for its high-profile clients

Star product: Sun Chemical SunLit Crystal inkset
SunChemical boasts that this inkset is a strong 'all-rounder' for sheetfed offset applications and delivers high-impact print

Print still performs many roles that online cannot
You can read a magazine online or a book on a mobile device, but you can't use a website to decorate a lorry or package an LP, so many B2B print applications are unlikely to be filched by the internet