B2

Duplo has launched into the digital packaging market with its first B2 die-cutter, the DSM-1000.

Solopress has invested in two Agfa Anapurnas, two HP Indigos and a Kongsberg cutter in an undertaking that has “fundamentally changed” its production capacity.

Pagefast has been acquired by MTP Media and will relocate to its new owner’s premises as floods have left its own base difficult to insure.

Pinstripe Print has fallen into administration due to “extremely difficult” trading conditions and a 22% drop in turnover.

Rapidity has added B2 digital printing capabilities to its service portfolio for the first time after taking delivery of an HP Indigo 12000.

Felixstowe-based Flyer Press has installed a four-colour Komori Enthrone 29, its first B2 machine.

Commercial printer Adverset Media Solutions has spent £1m in a strategic step up to B2.

Thomson Print & Packaging hopes to add hundreds of thousands of pounds to its turnover by adding B2 to its repertoire.

Belmont Press is set to make its return to B2 early next year following an investment of more than £1m in a new 18,000sph Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with Inpress Control.

Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint has become the first company in the UK to install a second HP Indigo 10000 B2 digital press.

Team Impression has invested in a seven-colour HP Indigo 10000 B2 press to increase its digital capabilities.

Hampton Printing has invested in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L to handle the shorter runs required by some of its existing clients and to open up new opportunities.