£1.3m expansion results in 25% growth for Hull digital print and brand management firm

Springfield Solutions, the digital print, brand management and media company, has seen a 25% growth in volume since launching its £1.3m PrintWorks expansion in May.

The investment at the company’s headquarters in Thomas Street, Hull, saw Springfield Solutions double the size of its digital print operation, taking the overall building footprint to more than 26,000 sq ft.

Since launching the expansion, the company has printed 6.9 million metres of labels for the food, pharma, paints and coatings, household and beauty sectors. The figure represents a 25% increase from the same period the year before, when it printed a total of 5.5 million metres.

Dennis Ebeltoft, joint managing director, said: “PrintWorks involved acquiring a new building, designing the layout to maximise efficiency of our print operation, turning that vision into reality and investing in a new Screen Truepress L350UV ink jet digital press, and new finishing lines from Bridlington company AB Graphics International.

“It was a huge undertaking that took months to complete, and as a result, we’ve only just had chance to analyse exactly how it is performing.

“To see a 25% increase in volume in just over six months is absolutely fantastic. It demonstrates that the investment is already paying dividends, which is pathing the way for further investment, and that could be just around the corner.”

PrintWorks followed three years of growth at Springfield Solutions which saw the business break its own records.

In 2014 the company printed more than 100 million labels in a year for the first time and by 2015 this increased to 140 million. Last year, the company printed more than 175 million labels, and is on track to top that again in 2017.

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