The Cramlington, Northumberland-based business, which invested into its digital division last August, signed for its news presses at Drupa.

The addition of the B2 machines will result in the company taking on five new press operators, expanding its current 162-strong team.

According to Potts Print (UK) managing director Shaun Johnson, the firm's two new presses will fulfil a range of new functions at the burgeoning business.

He said: "We have specified the Speedmaster XL 75 with five colours and a dedicated coater. With its double diameter impression cylinders this press will produce the very best quality coated products on stocks of up to 800 microns.

"The Speedmaster SX 74 four-colour will handle uncoated and spot colour work, taking away some of the general commercial work to free up our other B1 and B2 presses to handle the longer runs."

These new investments will arrive specified with Inpress Control, an addition the company had required for some time.

"It eliminates offline sheet scanning and means that the colour is measured inside the press on the run, minimising the potential for deviation from the set colour parameters and waste," said production director Brian Watson.

Potts Print (UK) will operate both new presses 24/7 once they are delivered this summer.

Johnson added: "This investment is good news for everyone. Operators are buzzing because in difficult times, they see Potts continuing to invest and move forward.

"Our customers know that they will get the quality, colour control, turnaround and value that they want and rightly expect from us."  

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