Wide format

Maidstone-based design, branding and print house Caravelle Creative has trebled throughput following an investment in a new Mimaki JV33-160 wide-format inkjet printer.

Wales-based printer Screentec has boosted its wide-format firepower with an Océ Arizona 480 GT from Canon.

Slough-based All Print Supplies (APS) has appointed Peter Miles as head of its newly created digital textile division.

UK inkjet printing specialist Xaar's pre-tax profits trebled in H1 2013 to 22.3m compared with the same period last year, for which it posted profits of 6.7m.

EFI has announced two new EFI Fiery print servers for Xerox 560 and 570 digital colour printers, to help users improve quality and integration.

Mimaki RIP software programmes now offer full Windows 8 operating system support across the company's range of wide-format inkjet printers.

Sign and display specialist Pyramid Display Materials Group has bought self-adhesive vinyl distributor Sydney Beaumont to expand into new markets.

Drytac Europe has launched a printable wallpaper to meet growing demand from the interior design market.

UK-based software developer Global Graphics has released the latest version of its Harlequin RIP, designed to handle short runs and variable data.

Software developer SA International (SAi) will open a training, testing and demonstration centre in September at its new Brussels headquarters, to showcase its software.

The overall large and wide-format printer market in the UK contracted in the second quarter by 22% year-on-year, against a drop across western Europe of 14.6%.

Berkshire-based sign printer Glendining Signs has bought its third HP Scitex FB500 industrial printer in two years.