Wide-format

The reason behind the investment in Roland DG equipment was not simply down to the high quality of the wide-format technology, but also the level of service and support on offer.

Agfa received a 100m euros (79m) boost at this year's Drupa, where it signed contracts worth in excess of that amount across its inkjet and prepress portfolios.

South Wales-based printer Lexon Group has made the first UK investment in Screen's new large-format inkjet printer as part of a point-of-sale expansion, signing for the kit at Drupa.

KEP Print Group is pushing for a 3m turnover increase after signing for the world's first Agfa Anapurna XLS wide-format press.

Sterling Press will become the first UK company to install two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 long perfectors.

Mazzucchelli has followed up buying the world's first 96-page commercial web press, worth 20m euro (16m), by committing to buy another.

RCS has fired up a new large-format KBA machine to reap big productivity gains and move into new markets.

Fuji plans to bolster its wide-format inkjet range with an entry level eco-solvent machine and a deal with ColorGate for RIP software.

EFI Vutek has premiered a high-speed UV wide-format flatbed machine, the DS Series, whose sub-1m euro (787,000) price tag could sound the death knell of screen printing.

British process control specialist Centurfax has chosen Drupa to launch a high-speed and low-cost scanning spectrophotometer.