Investment & installations

Smurfit Kappa has completed an €11.5m (£9.86m) investment in sustainability at its Zülpich Paper Mill in Germany.

Sustainable packaging specialist Transcend Packaging plans to set up a new, high-volume moulded fibre production facility as part of a co-operation with strategic partner Zume.

Platinum has taken on a Moll Vantage 720 in-line folder-gluer to enable it to offer these services in-house to support the growth it is seeing in packaging.

Stephens & George Print Group (S&G) has signed off a £4m spend as it looks to continue its automation journey and maintain its position as one of Europe’s most advanced magazine production sites.

Artisan Signs and Widd Signs have boosted their cutting capabilities after walking away from this year’s Sign & Digital UK show with Zünd’s stand demo models.

Print platform Cloudprinter.com has raised a further €7m (£5.9m) in funding to help grow its global presence.

Mail Solutions Group’s Intrinsic Paper Straws business has expanded its production site and facilities as part of a major investment to support the long-term growth ambitions of the division.

Kolbus has taken on the agency for German bookbinding machinery specialist Schmedt, and has already added a fresh installation at CPI Group.

West London print group Penrose has brought perfect binding in-house after investing in a Horizon BQ-270V single-clamp perfect binder.

MacroArt has installed the UK’s first Durst P5 TEX iSUB dye-sublimation device, which prints direct-to-fabric in one step.