Wide-format

Awesome investment for ever-expanding merchandiser
Awesome Merchandise has invested around £165,000 to bolster its screen printing and digital printing facilities.

Kaydor opts for Roland RF-640
Sign printer Kaydor Signs has installed a 1.6m-wide Roland VersaExpress RF-640, which its managing director said has led to a huge improvement in turnaround times.

Derby firm goes for Colorado in Hamburg
Ashfield Printing is set to become one of the first UK firms to install a Canon Océ Colorado after taking a special trip to Fespa to put the new UVgel wide-format printer through its paces.

Imagedata invests in large-format
Imagedata Group has invested circa-£500,000 in new kit to boost its large-format graphics operation at its Howden site in Yorkshire.

Andesign invests to support growing textiles work
Sutton Coldfield-based display graphics business Andesign UK has expanded the digital textile side of its business, including the development of a dedicated e-commerce platform, fabrisignuk.com.

Flexpress first in UK for new Duplo coater
Commercial printer Flexpress has installed the UK’s first Duplo DuSense DDC-810 ‘Sensory Coater’, which will be given its official launch at the Duplo Summer Festival.

Ultima kicks off €2m investment plan with double Durst buy
Display kit supplier Ultima Displays has kicked off a €2m (£1.7m) three-year-long investment plan by taking two Durst Rhotex 325s, including one in its Corby, Northamptonshire premises, setting itself...

Wide-format community sets sail and anchors in party port
There was a buzz by the waterways of Hamburg earlier this month and it could only mean one thing, Hafengeburtstag was back!

Killer app: Footprint breathes life into hospital waiting room
In March, James Hempstead, managing director of Cambridge-based sign and graphics specialist Footprint Signs & Graphics, found himself making the unfortunate trip to Addenbrooke’s Hospital’s A&E...

Fespa hailed as ‘most international ever’
This year’s Fespa has been hailed as the “most international ever”, with delegates from 139 countries visiting across the five days.