Ashley Gloyn, Fleet Livery Solutions founder and owner, set up the fleet graphics specialist in 2010. Working across the country from its offices in Lowestoft and near Bristol, the nine-staff company took delivery of the SureColor SC-R5000 at the start of 2022.
The 64-inch (1.63m-wide) device produces vibrant prints with a fully water-based, odourless inkset that supports the production of recyclable output onto uncoated media.
Gloyn’s first investment in Epson was made at the 2019 Sign & Digital show.
“I went there with the assumption I would be buying a printer but I didn’t know which one,” he said.
“I met with Rob Weissenberger from Epson. We had been talking for a while and he knew what I was looking for. He knew my biggest consideration was colour consistency and sent me some samples from the SureColor SC-S80600.
“Then I saw it in operation for ten minutes at the show and bought our first one straight away. Two weeks later I bought a second. We produce the wraps for nearly 4,000 AA vehicles and consistently match the colour. The only variation is down to UV and fading.
“We now have four SureColor SC-S80600s. They keep us continually operational.”
He added: “When it came to our first SC-S80600 being replaced we discussed the new SC-R5000, but it hadn’t quite launched yet and we needed something immediately.
“When it became available, we were seeing an increase in demand for more ad-hoc work. This was not always easy to manage on the SC-S80600s and often meant interrupting jobs and changing rolls of stock over. This is something we wanted to avoid in the future.
“Adding the SC-R5000 gave us the ability to offer the capacity to manage ad-hoc signage for local companies. We now offer a next-day service. It fitted the purpose we needed a machine for, which is utterly amazing.
“Because of today’s on-demand lifestyle it gives us the opportunity to be more responsive. We can turn jobs around a lot quicker. It offers us that speed we were looking for. We can also be more flexible with our planning and our application options.”
Fleet Livery Solutions’ pre-Covid turnover was £1.2m.
