Wide-format

40kg charity chocolate box winner named
A mother of two young sons has won the ‘World’s Biggest Selection Box’ printed by Lancashire’s Envision Media and Grafit Display Hire.

Leach creates Christmas window displays for luxury brand Swaine
Leach recently won and carried out a contract to supply and install the graphics for both of luxury British brand Swaine’s stores.

Dominion wins regional family business award
Bradford-based Dominion Print took home the manufacturing prize at the Yorkshire and Humberside Family Business Awards last month.

ESP buys Goldcrest Group
Swindon-based Handel Group, parent company to ESP Colour, has acquired the three companies of Goldcrest Group, doubling its digital business and adding wide-format and label printing to its roster.

Ottimo Digital directors acquire Showlite
Full-service event supplier Showlite has been acquired by the managing directors of wide-format printer Ottimo Digital.

FRP appointed at Works Manchester
Administrators from FRP Advisory have now been formally appointed at PFI Group’s Works Manchester operation.

Works Manchester shuttered, 90 staff laid off
Employees at Works Manchester have been sent home, with the future for the business unclear.

DS Smith buys sixth Bickers Gluejet for Ely
DS Smith has installed a high-spec Bickers Gluejet gluing plotter at its Ely operation – the sixth Gluejet device at the site.

Ultraflex Europe acquired by Endutex
St Neots wide-format supplier Ultraflex Europe has been acquired by Portuguese substrate manufacturer Endutex.

Ricoh brings on Flora for upcoming hybrid press
Ricoh has partnered with Chinese manufacturer Flora Digital to develop a new range of wide-format presses for the EMEA market.