Celebrating the milestone with a year-long charity drive, Indigo Ross’ team of 15 will complete “30 Things For 30 Years”, a series of challenges and events in support of local charities, aimed at bringing the team and local community even closer together.
Established by Phil Roper in 1995, initially as a print management firm, Indigo Ross now turns over £1.25m in digital, wide-format and packaging print having brought processes in-house wherever possible.
Roper told Printweek he and the team were excited for the year of charity events, which in eight days had already raised over £1,000 for Suffolk Mind, the Dogs’ Trust, and local cancer charity St Nicholas Hospice Care.
“It’s been really good to bring everyone together to do things for charity and in the community, as well as spending time together without the pressures of work,” Roper said.
So far the team has taken part in a bake-off and charity quiz night, with the next event due to be a 30km (19 mile) walk from the seaside to Sudbury.
“We’ve only just started, and there’ll be much more to come. Last year, we raised £12,000 for a local lady, so we’re building on that: it’s nice to do something to give back.”
The firm’s 30 years in business have seen it change substantially over the years, with Indigo Ross now aiming as much as possible to be a “one-stop solution” for print, signage, web and graphic design.
To support this aim, Indigo Ross will take delivery of a new Fujifilm Revoria EC2100 five-colour toner press in mid-April, which will go in alongside its Xerox Versant 3100 print engine, substantially boosting digital sheetfed capacity at the firm and allowing the team to add striking new hues.
“We’re going to run them alongside each other to cope with the extra demand we’re seeing at the moment. We really wanted the fifth colour as it enables us to print those vivid oranges and metallic [inks] as well,” Roper said.
The digital presses will sit alongside an existing Epson SureColor SC-800600 wide-format printer and SC-P9000 fine art printer, with Indigo Ross having taken on an additional 140sqm of unit across from its existing 280sqm unit in late 2024.
“It’s given us the ability to invest in more equipment and be more efficient, so it’s exciting to be able to look at new things knowing that we’ve got somewhere to put it,” Roper added.
