Print buying

Portals has completed a £20m-plus revamp that includes a major rebuild of its PM1 paper machine.

Wallace Print has beefed up capacity with a new Agfa Anapurna inkjet printer, with the business cementing its family roots with a new recruit.

News group Reach has posted half-year results that are ahead of market expectations, but is to review its printing capacity due to uncertainty over contract printing renewals.

Coveris has completed the rebrand of its Amberley Labels business to cement its circa £3.5m spend to fuel growth and give the decorative label specialist a second production facility.

Helloprint CEO Hans Scheffer has said the business is “back on track” after securing fresh funding and having “fought day and night to survive” over the past few months.

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has completed a £500,000-plus summer investment spree with a fully loaded Sitma polywrapping line.

Shareholders at InnerWorkings have approved the firm’s mega-merger with HH Global.

Adare SEC has launched what it described as a “multi-million pound, three year investment programme” to ramp up its multi-channel digital communications offering.

Ribena has teamed with Transcend Packaging to develop a bendable paper straw for its juice cartons – the first major juice brand to do so.

Document Despatch has brought previously outsourced work in-house and revamped its print setup after installing the UK’s first Kyocera TASKalfa Pro 15000c inkjet press.