Wide-format

Event organisers prepare for biggest show to date

Expensive, irrelevant and out of date, with no accurate way of measuring tangible ROI – this is the view that some equipment manufacturers have of trade shows these days.

Contract Sign Systems increases capacity with Canon buy

Signage firm Contract Sign Systems has invested in the UK’s first Canon Océ Arizona 6160 XTS wide-format flatbed printer.

Cestrian launches visual selling guide for retailers

Wide-format printer Cestrian has launched a new guide to help retailers understand the current challenges of in-store marketing.

Hawes Signs cuts staff and proposes CVA

Sign-making firm Hawes Signs has laid off 57 workers and proposed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) after losing almost £3m worth of business in less than two years.

Hybrid to show new printers at Sign & Digital UK 2015

Mimaki’s exclusive UK and Ireland distributor Hybrid Services will launch a raft of new wide-format printers for the sign and graphics sector at Sign & Digital UK 2015.

Spandex expands ImagePerfect range with new self-adhesive wall textile

Sign-making and display industry trade supplier Spandex has expanded its range of ImagePerfect materials with the launch of a new self-adhesive wall textile, ImagePerfect Self-Adhesive Wall Textile...

Killer app: Doddle campaign a piece of cake for Stewart Signs

Launched last year, Doddle is a joint venture between Network Rail and Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman that plans to roll out 300 parcel shops at train stations across the country as an alternative...

Charlie Hebdo suspects die as police storm French printco building

French authorities appear to have ended the siege and freed the hostage at French printco Création Tendance Découverte (CTD), where terrorist suspects accused of the shooting at French satirical...

Spandex launches new self-adhesive outdoor media product

Sign-making and display industry trade supplier Spandex has expanded its range of ImagePerfect materials with the launch of a new self-adhesive outdoor media product, IP2555 StreetApp.

Killer app: Screen printers use F&B paints in wintery artworks

Farrow & Ball commissioned three Print Club London artists to produce a limited edition print with a wintery theme to be printed with Farrow & Ball paints and used in the Christmas point of sale...