Wide-format

Grafenia has made its first acquisition of the new financial year with the purchase of Devon-based AG Signs & Print, with which it intends to build a Nettl superstore in Exeter.

Widd Signs is celebrating 130 years in business by looking to the future and investing for expansion into new sectors.

Northern Flags has invested around £500,000 in Agfa wide-format kit as it looks to leverage the FaberExposize UK brand to expand its presence in the POS and exhibition graphics markets.

Swedish-headquartered paper mill Oppboga Bruk has recruited two new additions to its sales management team to enable its managing director to increase his focus on the growing UK market.

Grafenia has reported rising operating losses of £1.1m, despite sales jumping 40% to £14.63m in its 2017/18 results, but remains focused on the expansion of its Nettl brand.

St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth has cared for more than 3,500 people in the past year and its significance in the community is reflected by the success of its 30 charity shops across Devon and Cornwall....

UK printers and signmakers scored a hat-trick at the Fespa Awards 2018 last week, scooping three gold awards thanks to their commitment and attention to detail in their work.

Serge Ferrari has released a grey-backed variant of its Decolit creative interiors fabric.

Cast your mind back to Drupa 2016, and the plethora of inkjet systems for printing onto corrugated board that were either on show, or being talked about as future products.

Sign and display franchise Fastsigns has its sights set on further digital signage growth in 2018 after experiencing success in the area last year.