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GP Print upgrades with Xerox has a cq u i re d
IN BRIEF

Vivid install Advanced UK, a hardware
and managed print ser-
vices provider and long-
standing Xerox Platinum
partner. Announced this
Commercial printer GP investment has now week, Xerox said the deal
Print has invested in a Matrix improved the quality of the for the Uxbridge-based
business will enable it to
Metallic and Omni-Flow laminate adhesion with a “further vertically inte-
deep pile feeder system from pressure roller to give a much grate, continue to strengthen its presence in the UK, and
Vivid Laminating better finish. The automation provide continuity to Advanced UK’s customer base”. The
Technologies. addition has meant that we terms of the deal were not disclosed. As well as its core
workplace offering, Advanced UK supplies a raft of digital
The Peterborough-based production printers and software from the likes of Xerox
company wanted to upgrade can reduce the cost of the and EFI. Kevin Paterson, head of Xerox business solutions
its current Matrix 530 lami- lamination process so that we and small and medium businesses at Xerox UK, said: “With
its impressive capabilities and heritage in production print,
nating system and invest in a are more competitive with Advanced UK already has a strong local client base. “We
new automated feeder to the online giants. This means look forward to bringing the industry’s most comprehen-
increase its quality and bene- GP Print invests in machine that we can now offer many sive portfolio of services.”
fit from the additional foiling tem has been designed spe- more finishes to the portfo- MacroArt invested over
service. cifically for applying digital lio. With foiling and special £500,000 throughout 2022,
It installed the Matrix foils and spot UV type effects effects such as spot UV add- allowing the company to
370MP and an Omni-Flow easily and economically to a ing more value to a tradi- achieve massive productiv-
330 SRA3 deep pile feeder wide range of paper stocks. tional simple card, now your ity gains of up to 150%.
MacroArt’s investment
late last year. Whilst the Omni-Flow deep products can really stand out. i ncluded bot h ne w
Director Peter Martyr said: pile feeder is a modular sys- machinery and software
“After having a previous tem designed to automate Special invites, certificates for the company, which
Matrix laminator from Vivid the laminating process and and business cards are just a have also helped it to
reduce its material wastage. Installed at MacroArt’s St Neots
we knew that upgrading was remove the need for a dedi- few things that we can site were a Mimaki UCJV300, installed in November, a Canon
the most sensible idea. cated operator.” enhance with these many fin- Colorado 1650 roll-to-roll digital UVgel printer in December,
“The Matrix Metallic sys- He added: “This new ishes.” and the UK’s first Durst P5 TEX iSUB dye sublimation printer,
which kicked off the investment round with its installation
Paperchase up for sale again in May. The firm’s new software package includes a new
Pitstop PDF validator server, and an AI-based proofing,
checking and print job management programme from Tilia
Labs called Phoenix AI.
The consortium that hands of PwC, as first - but in January 2021, the
bought Paperchase in August reported by Sky News. The company collapsed into Grafenia has taken another
2022 has put the firm up for firm has also retained man- administration, and was sold step away from print after
ac quir i n g C a r e
sale just five months after its agement consultancy in a pre-pack to a newly cre- Management Systems
purchase, according to Begbies Traynor’s services in ated company Aspen (CMS), a provider of care
Phoenix Newco, which was
reports. High-street stationer the case that a buyer is not backed by private equity firm home management soft-
ware and systems, on a
Paperchase, which at the found and the company has Permira. The latest sale - by debt free/cash free basis.
to go into liquidation.
time of its August purchase Paperchase was in trouble Curtis’ consortium to a new The total consideration of
had around 125 stores and even before the pandemic, buyer - if completed, is £3.5m for the Bristol-based business will be satisfied in
cash. The acquisition, which was announced today (18
concessions in the UK, has entering into a creditors’ vol- expected before 20 January, January), is expected to be cash flow generative and earn-
been put up for auction in the untary arrangement in 2019 as per the reports. ings enhancing in the first year after the acquisition. The
initial consideration comprises cash of £2.975m to be paid
Prestwich to leave Adare SEC on completion, together with deferred consideration of
£525,000 to be paid on the first anniversary. CMS’ care
home management software, CareDocs, was initially devel-
Adare SEC chief commer- that he was head of opera- oped by brothers Jonathan and Kristopher Ann in 2004.
cial officer Tom Prestwich is tions at its transactional busi- Carton finishing specialist Marpak installed a Bobst Alpina
set to leave the business – ness. When Adare SEC was 110 A3 folder-gluer, marking the latest step in a 20-year
and the industry – this acquired by omnichannel relationship with the finishing machine manufacturer.
spring. communications specialist Marpak’s Alpina, running since early October, has joined
The former Communisis Opus Trust Communications another two Bobst machines - the Media II and Domino II
folder-gluers - at the firm’s 2,790sqm Craven Street facility,
director joined integrated one of two sites it runs. The investment marks a change for
communications provider in November 2021, the firm, which has for the past three years been focusing
Adare SEC in November Prestwich became chief com- its efforts on improving its efficiency in manufacturing - the
2018 as its chief operating Prestwich joined in Nov 2018 mercial officer of the group, new Bobst, therefore, has kicked off new plans for growth.
officer. Communisis, most recently and managing director of its Chris Goodayle, Marpak’s director of operations, said:
“We’ve about hit our efficiency zenith, so now is the right
He had spent nearly eight- as director of its group Security Print division, time to ramp up our machine holdings.”
and-a-half years at change programme. Prior to Kalamazoo.
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