Wide-format

Fast Graphics ups capacity with Mimaki install

Wide-format business Fast Graphics has invested in a new Mimaki JV150-160 to increase its productivity.

Overmatter: What the Dickens?

Overmatter hates it when the dread phrase ‘printing error’ is used to inaccurately blame the poor old printer for someone else’s foul-up.

Kent printer presses on with the Crossrail hoardings

The Crossrail project, a 73-mile-long train line running across and under London and the Home counties, was given approval back in 2008 and construction began a year later.

Me & my: Fujifilm Acuity LED 3200R UV

Being first to market with a new product has numerous benefits, but first-mover advantage can also have its downsides.

Print helps transform Hull into bubbling cultural hub

When culture comes to mind, residents of or visitors to the UK wouldn’t necessarily earmark the East Yorkshire city of Hull as a bubbling beacon. Swap the city’s only vowel from a ‘u’ to an ‘e’, and...

Print-Leeds invests in DYSS and increases headcount

Wet-glue label, digital POS and litho UV plastics printer Print-Leeds has invested in a DYSS X7-1630C digital cutter and taken on three new staff.

MediaCo in EFI UK first

Sign and display specialist MediaCo has become the first UK company to take an EFI Vutek FabriVU 520 dye-sublimation printer as part of a plus-£1m investment.

Mainwaring to distribute Pongs' textiles to the UK

Newly formed textile distributor Mainwaring & Partners (M&P) has taken on Germany-based Pongs Technical Textiles’ products for distribution.

Friederike and Simon Slee (front, 3rd & 4th from L) will move to Australia following the sale

Hammersmith first Fastsigns UK centre to gain Idealliance qualification

Fastsigns Hammersmith has become the first of the global sign and graphics print franchise’s UK centres to gain the Idealliance G7 Master Qualification.

Record turnout expected as Fespa Eurasia turns five

Fespa is expecting a boost in visitor numbers and exhibitors at its fifth Fespa Eurasia trade expo.