Wide format

Consumables and coating manufacturer Sihl Direct has set out its stall to boost the brand to a wider consumer audience at a recent open house event.

Service Graphics has produced what is claimed to be the UK's largest ever PVC print job, a 100mx37m banner commemorating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Vehicle-wrapping specialist Totally Dynamic worked around the clock last weekend to wrap two open-top double decker buses to help Chelsea FC celebrate its dual cup win this season.

GJ Plastics has boosted its service offering after investing in an HP Scitex FB500 industrial printer to broaden the range of substrates it can print on.

Digital printer and supplier Repropoint will put wide-format technology in the spotlight at an open day next month.

Advertising company Ocean Outdoor has been sold by initial investors Smedvig Capital to mid-market private equity house LDC for 35m.

Memjet unveiled two partnerships at Drupa this month with the potential to accelerate the mainstream adoption of its high-speed, single-pass inkjet technology.

Global printing group Elanders has signed up for three Landa Nanography presses at Drupa.

Following a recent large investment in large-format equipment, FedEx Office has commissioned and released a new survey finding the true power of signage in driving small business.

Durst Phototechnik (Hall 6, stand B39), a leading Austria-based manufacturer of digital wide-format kit, has reported that it has had an overwhelmingly successful sales campaign at this years Drupa.

FM Brooks, the organiser of the upcoming EcoPrint Europe Live 2012 tradeshow, has unveiled InPrint, a new event targeted at the "industrial printing sector".

FastAnt has concluded a successful trip to Drupa after signing for an Esko Kongsberg i-XP24 digital finishing table, which it said will help boost turnover 60% by 2015.