Wide format

SMP Group is the printer behind a recent government 3D outdoor campaign aimed to promote a new qualification for teenagers aged 14-19.

The insolvency practitioner dealing with the administration of Capital Print and Display has frozen the assets of the company's former owners - David Gill and eight members of his family.

Shuttleworth has announced the incorporation of wide and grand-format digital printing in the latest version of its eponymous management information system (MIS).

Perfect Colours has bolstered its showroom after adding two new HP flatbed UV machines to its display of large-format machines.

Begbies Traynor has given up hope of selling failed large-format printer Capital as a going concern and is now set to auction off the company's equipment.

Agfa-Gevaert chief financial officer Kris Hoornaert has been forced to deny rumours that the company has received an offer from Dutch electronics company Philips.

KCS Trade Print is targeting the banner and display markets after investing in a raft of digital kit that includes two Mimaki JV5 machines and an Epson 44" wide format press.

The reason behind the investment in Roland DG equipment was not simply down to the high quality of the wide-format technology, but also the level of service and support on offer.

Agfa received a 100m euros (79m) boost at this year's Drupa, where it signed contracts worth in excess of that amount across its inkjet and prepress portfolios.

South Wales-based printer Lexon Group has made the first UK investment in Screen's new large-format inkjet printer as part of a point-of-sale expansion, signing for the kit at Drupa.

KEP Print Group is pushing for a 3m turnover increase after signing for the world's first Agfa Anapurna XLS wide-format press.

Sterling Press will become the first UK company to install two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 long perfectors.