Printworks
Exceptional-quality print rooted in craftsmanship and innovation, delivered with a distinguished quality of service.
Print is our business. For more than 30 years, we have worked on bringing brilliant ideas to life through the versatile medium of print. Choosing to work with us, you’ll benefit from the artistry and expert knowledge of a team dedicated to achieving the best results.
Creative print services
By combining traditional techniques with constant innovation and investment in new technologies, we'll help you realise your project aspirations – from classic printing and finishes, to experimental creative collaborations.
Premium packaging
Our state-of-the-art production facilities and extensive range of high-quality printing presses enable us to create bespoke and sustainable packaging solutions for a diverse range of industry sectors. If you can think it, we can make it.
When it comes to print and packaging, we don't believe in general purpose solutions. Our experienced team will present you with options specially tailored to the specific demands of your project. This approach, we think, produces the best results.
We offer a range of specialised print and packaging services. Our expert team handles every project with immense skill and refinement, from start through to the finishing touches.
Excellent print projects are the result of great collaborations. We work across a wide range of different sectors and our client portfolio features ranges across a spectrum of luxury brands, design agencies, galleries and corporate businesses.
An origami-inspired literature package for world-class car manufacturers Aston Martin
A long-standing relationship with Jimmy Choo ensuring excellence in colour reproduction
An established partnership with the award-winning luxury skincare brand spanning over 13 years
Supplying luxury print, mailing and packaging for world-leading cosmetic brands
Printed material with the finest attention to detail for Maddox Gallery
Keeping the leading boxing promoter fighting fit with print-perfect match programmes
An excellent partnership built on a shared reputation for quality and sustainability
Collectable printed matter for an iconic British Men's swimwear brand
Over 2 years producing high quality and independent, specialist magazines
What's hot off the press, and the people behind the printing and finishing.
We have two main UK sites. We operate all our digital print services out of Dagenham and litho print and finishing from Gillingham. We are constantly investing in cutting-edge technologies to be able to offer the very best in of pre-press, print, finishing and fulfilment services.
Being one of the 100 largest printing groups in the world and with over 30 years’ experience, we are well positioned to provide advanced quality lithographic offset and state-of-the-art digital printing services to meet your requirements.
Operating 24/6, we offer a fast, flexible and economical lithographic printing service that refuses to compromise on quality. Our brand and colour management specialists deliver consistency and control.
- 1 Heidelberg Speedmaster 8 Colour, B1 4/4 Perfecting Press
- 1 Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106 Pro with coating, closed loop colour
We offer a comprehensive range of print finishing services to help enhance your printed product. As soon as your job is off the press, our expert team of print finishers is on hand to deliver that finishing touch.
- 1 Horizon AFC-74 B1
- 3 MBO Folders
- 1 Muller Bravo T Binder, 6 Stations, Cover-feeder, Stitch & Trim
- 1 Muller Bravo Plus Binder, 6 Stations, Cover-feeder, Stitch & Trim
- 1 Muller Acoro A5, PUR or Perfect Bind option
- 2 Heidelberg Polar 115 Programmable Guillotines
- 1 Horizon Twin Tower Folder Collator & Stitcher
- 1 Autobond B1 Laminator
- 1 Heidelberg B2 Cylinder Press
- 1 Adpack Shrink Wrapper
- 1 Citiborma 4 Hole Drill
- 1 Citiborma 2 Hole Drill
When it comes to print, we understand your business’s need for quality, speed, flexibility and economy. We meet that need by investing in the best people, technology and equipment – all geared to delivering print work of the highest quality, in the most efficient way possible. Our dedicated quality control team will ensure that every project delivered is at the highest standard possible.
Among our presses we have a B2 HP indigo with HD printing heads. We are one of only a couple of printers in the UK to be able to offer this. HD printing heads are a game changer for high-quality printing.
- 1 Xerox Trivor 2400 HD Colour Inkjet Press, inline with Tecnau reel-to-reel to cut
- sheet with dynamic perf configuration
- 1 HP Indigo 12000 B2 Press
- 1 HP Indigo 7900 7 Colour Printer, with special effects
- 1 Nuvera 318pp B/W Printers
- 1 Acuity LED 1600 II Wide-Format UV Inkjet Printer
With a broad range of in-house finishing equipment we ensure that the most suitable finish is applied to your printed products. Whether it’s lamination, cutter making, die cutting, binding or folding and glueing, our team will help you complete your project on time and on budget.
- 1 Horizon BQ470 Perfect Binder with HT-80 3 Knife Trimmer & Inline Conveyor Stacker
- 1 Horizon BQ270 Perfect Binder
- 1 Horizon 6000 Stitchline Reel to Finish with Tecnau Unwinder & Cutter
- 1 Horizon SPF 200 Landscape A4 with HOF 400 Feed with barcode recognition cameras & inline creasing
- 1 Heidelberg Polar 115 Programme Guillotine
- 1 Heidelberg Polar 92 XT Programme Guillotine
- 2 GHE Stitching Units
- 1 Imran 16 Hydraulic Paper Drill
- 1 James Burn Wiro Binding and Comb Binding
- 1 Renz RSB360 Auto Wire Encloser
- 1 Nagel Citiborma 490 Drill
- 1 Fastbind BooXTer Trio Stitcher
- 1 Fastbind Casematic HT Hard Case Book Binder
- 1 Duplo DC745 Automated to cut, crease & perf
- 1 Crossland Platten B1
- 1 Duplexer
- 1 B2 Foliant Laminator
- 1 Atlantic Wide-format Laminator plus mount
We don’t just provide an efficient and flexible mailing service: we add value by applying our technical and management expertise to finding the most cost-effective end-to-end solutions for your business. We offer:
Online pick & pack facility
Secure mailing operation on site
Fulfilment centre
Online stock control and management reports
Insertion department
Extensive enclosing operation for practically any size of envelope
Personalised envelope printing
Whether your job demands a speedy automated process or packing by hand, we're equipped to deliver – accurately, on time, every time. Our equipment features:
- 1 Buhrs BB300 Standalone System, 7 Stations, with 3-way camera system & character acceptance software
- 2 Buhrs BB300, 7 Stations, with Vaf Pro Document Inserter
- Lake Image i7 Tracking System, with OCR 2D & 1D reading capabilities
- 2 Poly Bag Sealers / Machines
- 1 AMS Astrojet 1000 Inkjet Envelope Printer & Conveyor
- Astrojet S1 colour Inkjet Envelope Printer
- 1 BÖWE 9G C5 and DL Mailer with Tecnau Continuous Feed Unwinder
Our highly skilled pre-press team are experts in analysing and processing files prior to print ensuring that all artwork is technically accurate. With our effective pre-press service, you can be confident that your artwork is in safe and experienced hands.
A wide variety of formatting and imposition software are used across our UK facilities. This includes programmes such as InDesign, Quark, Illustrator and Photoshop for Desktop Publishing; AGFA Apogee and HP Smartstream for imposition and all versions of Acrobat and InDesign for file modifications. Our Pre-press Department operates on Windows 10 and Mac OS X.
Workflows and hardware:
- AGFA X Workflow Apogee
- Digital Print Link Apogee
- Portal Web Approval
- Adobe Creative Cloud (2020)
- Adobe Acrobat XI
- Enfocus Pitstop Pro 2020
- Enfocus Switch 2020
- 3 Epson 9900s plus Spectrometer
- Avalon N8-80-XT CTP System
- Avalon N8-60-XT CTP System
- Avalon N8 Multi-Autoloader
- Cassette x 2 (6 Cassettes) Bacher
- 780 Dual Punch System
- 2 CX 125 Azura Cleaning
- Units & Stackers
- 9 Apple Mac & PC Workstations
Need some advice on an upcoming project? We’re always on hand to provide you with the information you need to bring your project to life. Speak to a member of our team on +44 (0)20 7531 0500 or visit our Contact page to get in touch.