Wide format

Gandi extends bankruptcy protection to August

Grand-format manufacturer Gandi Innovations and its Gandinnovations businesses has successfully applied for an extension to the term of its bankruptcy protection, which will now end on 18 August 2009.

ImageCo backs up high-end Durst with Seiko press

Leeds-based ImageCo Visual Imaging has installed a Seiko II ColorPainter H-74S to back up a high-end Durst Rho 800.

Aerial installation for Prague's Bono Art

Located on the sixth floor of a city-centre building in Prague, Bono Art knew that getting its new HP Designjet L65500 into the lift was not an option.

Speedscreen ups capacity with Durst Rho 800 Presto purchase

Screen and digital printer Speedscreen has made its "most significant investment to date" after spending 460,000 on a Durst Rho 800 Presto.

Spandex gains fire resistant badge for ImagePerfect Signage film range

Consumables supplier Spandex has announced that its entire ImagePerfect Signage range and the majority of its ImagePerfect Digital series now carry fire-resistance certificates.

Gandi to apply for extension to CCAA scheme

Grand format manufacturer Gandi Innovations and its Gandinnovations businesses will apply for an extension to the term of its bankruptcy protection which will end 19 June 2009.

Imageco opts for Bedigital kit from Atech to offer greener eyelets

Imageco has become one of the first UK firms to install a machine that improves the recyclability of its PVC banners by using plastic eyelets rather than the more usual brass ones.

Promo-Vlag invests in cutting workflow and kit from EskoArtwork to up productivity

Promo-Vlag, a Netherlands-based flag, banner and pennant printing specialist has invested in a Kongsberg XP cutting table from EskoArtwork.

Zund AutoNest to cut material cost through smarter layout

Cutting table specialist Zund has launched a nesting and cutting layout optimisation product called Zund AutoNest.

Pankarte picks HP Scitex for digital POP push

French point-of-purchase specialist Pankarte PLV has migrated 90% of work previously produced using screen printing to digital, following the installation of an HP Scitex FB6700 flatbed printer.

CMYUK adds Agfa Anapurna to its product line up

UK wide-format dealer CMYUK has added Agfa's Anapurna M range of hybrid flatbed and roll-to-roll machines to its product line up of EFI Vutek printers and Zund cutters.

Ex-B&P pair set up new consumables business

Two former employees of B&P Lightbrigade, the printer and supplier that went into administration in March, have set up a new consumables business for wide-format printers.