Trade print

The Print Co has invested £850,000 in its second Heidelberg Speedmaster - a four-colour XL 75 – to boost its flexibility, quality and competitiveness as demand for its services continues to increase.

Trade printer Calderprint has acquired a promotional gift company, nudging its turnover to just over £10m.

Trade printer Swanline Print Group has launched single-faced products, including a new flute profile for the UK corrugated industry, following its installation of Pivab rewinder technology.

Fans of Barnsley Football Club will be able to re-live one of the club’s finest moments thanks to a local printer.

Grafenia has overhauled its Marqetspace trade printing site as part of a drive to add 1,000 new resellers over the next 12 months.

Fast-growing trade printer Route One Print has purchased a new 10-colour B2 Speedmaster XL 75, in line with its rapid growth.

Northside Graphics, a commercial and online printer, has launched a new online trade service the week after winning an e-commerce award.

Grafenia has described its new Printing.com subscription model as producing “encouraging” results, while its Marqetspace trade printing service is running ahead of target.

A Yorkshire-based print company has boosted the size of its team by a quarter after a series of appointments as it looks to expand in 2016 with a new B2 press.

Unitedprint has started giving away its white label “W2P 3.0” software for free in a bid to become a “sales partner” to UK print companies.

Trade repro house Willows Magic has plugged into the cachet of the Heidelberg brand by installing a Linoprint CV digital press.

Vistaprint Cimpress is testing out a DIY business cards service on Amazon.com in the US, but has not revealed whether or not it plans to roll out the scheme in other markets, such as the UK