Wide format

This year’s Fespa Global Print Expo will once again host the World Wrap Masters Europe and Series Final.

Grafenia has acquired design agency Artichoke Design, which trades as Nettl of Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.

Luminate has installed a Roland DG Soljet Pro 4 XR-640 large-format printer-cutter to enhance its prototyping capabilities beyond silk screening and litho wet proofing.

Grafenia has raised around £1.1m before expenses via a share subscription, which will be used to further expand the business.

Roland DG has introduced the latest addition to its VersaUV LEF range of wide-format UV printers, the streamlined LEF2-200 benchtop flatbed.

Seasoned businesswoman Mayura Joshi has entered the print sector for the first time by opening her own Signs Express centre.

Derwent Displays is set to round off a two-year, £1.75m investment drive with the reboot of its website to reflect the enhanced diversity and capacity of its services.

Xaar has issued a trading update ahead of its year-end results, stating that the integration issues that had caused problems for the business are now over.

Roland DG has pushed its eco-solvent TrueVis VG series into a “new league” with the launch of the second-generation TrueVis VG2.

KEP Print Group has taken on the UK’s first Genesis-V wide-format cutting table from Blackman & White to keep pace with customer demand.

Global Graphics has launched an online service for users of its PrintFlat screening software that mitigates banding in inkjet output.

JCT Developments has installed a new EFI Vutek HS125 F4 hybrid printer to ramp up turnarounds and increase capacity as it looks to expand.