AN 88-year-old family firm has been boosted by £5.3 million worth of investment.
Pureprint Group, based in Uckfield, employs 275 staff and has clients including Mulberry, Jack Wills, Victoria Beckham, Rolls Royce and Fairtrade.
It secured the investment from the Business Growth Fund to support growth, invest in technology and future acquisitions.
Pureprint’s revenue has grown from £17 million in 2009 to more than £40 million in the year ending December 2014.
The company was founded in 1926 by the grandfather of current chief executive Mark Handford.
Pureprint specialises in lithographic, digital printing and packaging with a focus on environmental sustainability, and is internationally renowned for producing fine art books and catalogues for clients such as Sotheby’s in New York and London.
It was the first printer in the world to be awarded CarbonNeutral status in 2002.
The business has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development in 2003, 2008 and 2013.
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