Wide format

Mazzucchelli has followed up buying the world's first 96-page commercial web press, worth 20m euro (16m), by committing to buy another.

RCS has fired up a new large-format KBA machine to reap big productivity gains and move into new markets.

Fuji plans to bolster its wide-format inkjet range with an entry level eco-solvent machine and a deal with ColorGate for RIP software.

EFI Vutek has premiered a high-speed UV wide-format flatbed machine, the DS Series, whose sub-1m euro (787,000) price tag could sound the death knell of screen printing.

British process control specialist Centurfax has chosen Drupa to launch a high-speed and low-cost scanning spectrophotometer.

A sign-printing franchise in Grimsby has splashed out on two new digital presses after running its ageing previous machine into the ground.

Scotprint has confimed an order for a four-unit Roland 900XXL from manroland, coming hot on the heels of an investment in a Roland 700 HiPrint, part of a 4m spend on new presses.

Vehicle wrapper Totally Dynamic has been chosen by global sports company Nike to give its European golf tour vehicle a new look.

Commercial printer Ashford Colour Press has finalised its move into large-format printing with a new folding machine from Friedheim International.

Bluetree Design & Print has bought a super-wide format HP Scitex XP2700 and an Inca Spyder 320Q digital flatbed for its newly-created 930sqm facility, near its main Rotherham site.

The Westdale Press has bought the UK's first Speedmaster XL 105 long perfector taking it to 99 Heidelberg printing units purchased to date.

Pelican Print has made its foray into the large-format arena after investing in a six-colour Roland SolJet Pro III XC-540.