Wide-format

Mimaki unveils clear ink for UCJV300 series

Mimaki has launched a new clear ink for its UCJV300 printer range.

Killer app: PLG proves to be the mutt’s nuts with ‘bollocks’ sign

Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins can always be relied upon to proudly pin his colours to the mast.

Star product: HP Latex R2000

HP’s Latex technology in a hybrid roll/flatbed model.

3 Sixty targets growth with Durst double

3 Sixty has taken on two new wide-format printers from Durst in order to bolster its output in the retail market and expand its textiles offering.

Ricoh expands inkjet reach

Ricoh expects its inkjet business to expand significantly into new industrial applications and is looking at the feasibility of developing a dedicated ink operation from its site in Scotland.

One Digital sponsors a snail in charity fundraiser

Commercial and wide-format printer One Digital is sponsoring one of 50 snail sculptures as part of the Snailspace initiative in support of local charity Martlets Hospice.

Kall Kwik Farnham acquired by sales veteran

Former Apogee sales account manager Bill Clayton has bought Kall Kwik Farnham after working with the firm for more than a decade in his previous role.

SP Group creditors owed nearly £5m

Printers and pre-press firms are listed among the major creditors of SP Group, which owed unsecured creditors more than £4.9m when it went into administration over the summer.

Leach doubles print capacity with £500k spend

Large-format graphics specialist Leach has invested £500,000 in a new Durst Rhotex 325 printer to double the capacity of its Yorkshire factory to a 500sqm/hr print rate.

Taylor Bloxham secures colour quality accreditation

Print and marketing communications company Taylor Bloxham Group has been awarded the BPIF Colour Quality Management Scheme certification for ISO 12647:2013.