St Ives Service Graphics completes Scottish museum projects

St Ives' Service Graphics division says it has completed 300,000 of work on two of Scotland's most prestigious museums.

Work on the Riverside Museum in Glasgow for the City Council included a range of display graphics that had to be produced and installed ahead of the official opening date.

The company used a Durst Lambda machine at its Glasgow facility to print panels that were then matt laminated and wrapped on to 6mm MDF.

Further graphics for display cases were printed on a Mimaki JV5 Series inkjet printer using conservation grade self-adhesive vinyl.

The museum houses more than 3,000 exhibits in more than 150 displays to show the city's transport, ship building and engineering history.

Service Graphics also helped out in a year long project for a £47.4m revamp of the National Museum of Scotland with work placed into both its Glasgow and Chessington sites.

The company's Inca Spyder 320 at the latter was used to print Dibond panels, acrylic panels and etched vinyl, making use of its white ink option and eliminating the need for more expensive screen processes.

Duraclear prints, digitally printed wallpapers, lightbox duratrans, Lambda printed object labels mounted onto Foamex, large format banners and printed floor vinyls were also produced for the project.

Service Graphics marketing manager Alex Wilson said: "We were delighted to be involved in these exciting new projects which further reinforce our reputation as the graphics supplier of choice to the UK's most prestigious museums and visitor attractions."