Investment & installations

Loricas finds the solution to its shortfall
Loricas Solutions is a growing north-east-based direct mail house that has been in operation in one form or another for around 22 years. The firm rebranded last year from NEMC Design and Print,...

Digital adds a special touch
The skin of a lizard brought to life through tactile ink, a glitzy metallic greetings card and sophisticated security inks: all effects which once were only pipe dreams for digital printers. However,...

Selsey Press installs second Komori Lithrone press
Family run printer Selsey Press has invested in its second B2 Komori Lithrone five-colour S29 press, five years after it installed its first, in a bid to offer faster turnaround times to customers.

North Carolina PaperWorks Industries installs KBA Rapida 142
Packaging corporation PaperWorks Industries has purchased, and will be installing, a new Rapida 142 56-in seven-color press with UV capabilities at its Mt. Gilead, NC facility.

H&H Reeds Printers expands with new sign workshop
H&H Reeds Printers is to open a new Carlisle-based office and sign workshop after experiencing increasing demand for specialist signs, exterior graphics and exhibition materials since its takeover of...

Clinical takes three-year spend to 2m with stitcher buy
Pharmaceutical finishing specialist Clinical Print Finishers has taken its three-year spend to 2m with a 100,000 investment on an undisclosed stitching line.

Herbert Walkers installs Bobst Expertfold carton folder gluer
Commercial printer Herbert Walkers has installed the UK's first Bobst Expertfold carton folder gluer that includes a capacity fold device.

Phil Evans and Phil Harburn appointed company directors at MTPrint
Design and print company MTPrint has appointed Phil Evans and Phil Harburn as company directors following the retirement of former director Stuart Shutt.
Kasper eyes UK consumables growth with new sales arm
Print consumables supplier Vliesstoff Kasper, which is the main distributor of Dupont's Sontara Printmaster washcloth, has launched a UK subsidiary.

Stocksigns installs UK's first HP Designjet L26500 large-format printer
Sign manufacturer Stocksigns has become the first UK company to invest in an HP Designjet L26500 wide-format printer, which it bought from supplier CWE Solutions.