Investment & installations

SP Group slashes ink costs following Alwan investment
St Ives subsidiary SP Group has claimed ink cost savings of "at least 10%" after investing in a full suite of software from Alwan Color Expertise.

Cavalier Mailing Services bought out by management team
Norwich-based mailing house Cavalier Mailing Services, which employs 22 staff, has been acquired by its management team for an undisclosed sum.
Herald Chase updates MIS with Primo upgrade as business booms
Herald Chase Group has upgraded its TharsternSQL Management Information System (MIS) to the latest version, Primo, after seeing a preview of the software at Ipex.

Graphics Works plans site move and kit spend after 'across the board' growth
Large-format digital printer Graphics Works plans to move to larger premises within the Bradwell Abbey area of Milton Keynes in 2011, while also investing in new kit.

Murrays The Printers expands on rising revenues
Milton Keynes-based Murrays The Printers has doubled its premises and added new litho, digital and wide-format machines on the back of revenues increasing 20% year-on-year.

Buoyant Kingsley cuts makeready and waste with five-colour Speedmaster spend
Kingsley Print & Design has celebrated its 30th birthday by upgrading its pressroom with the addition of a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75.

Fifth BPIF Finance and Investment Conference to focus on transformational change
The BPIF has unveiled details of its fifth Finance and Investment Conference.

Metromail announces 10m plant and machinery spend
Metromail has announced a 10m investment in a 13,000sqm plant in Seaham, securing the jobs of 250 people, rather than moving closer to its customer base in the south.

LT Print Group invests and becomes certified
Commercial printer LT Print Group has invested in a Xerox 7002 and gained FSC and PEFC certification.

DMGT plans to move print out of London
Newspaper publisher Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has announced that print subsidiary Harmsworth Printing is considering plans to move out of London.