Ricoh is bolstering its production print team as it prepares to go-to-market with new wide-format products.

Ixpressia has launched a standalone variable-data authoring tool aimed at the wide-format print market.

East London-based Park Communications has invested around £750,000 to set up a new wide-format division, Park Display.

Pride Design & Print will become the first UK firm to install a wide-format printer from new brand Samsonn.

A1 Trade Print has rebranded with a new name that better reflects its security print expertise.

Screen has marked its return to Fespa with a new flagship flatbed UV press, which it said cements its commitment to wide-format.

The opening up of new markets driven by developments in hardware will mean faster growth for the wide-format ink market, according to imaging industry market researcher Photizo Group.

Andus Print has changed its name to Gemini Brighton to anchor the 15-staff litho and digital company firmly within the Gemini Group of printers.

Ipex organiser IIR expects a strong turn-out of wide-format suppliers at the 2010 event next May, and lots of interest in wide-format from visitors to the show.

POS materials and substrates distributor and converter PPB has established Westland Digital, a new wide-format business arm.