Wide format

Speedscreen has invested £145,000 in a new Acuity Select HS 38 from Fujifilm to “complete the missing jigsaw piece” in its kit portfolio.

EFI has appointed Bill Muir as its new chief executive officer.

Inca Digital chief executive John Mills is leaving the company.

Meteor Inkjet has announced its support for Xaar’s High Laydown (HL) technology for the company’s 2001+ and 1003 printheads.

Mimaki has launched a new clear ink for its UCJV300 printer range.

3 Sixty has taken on two new wide-format printers from Durst in order to bolster its output in the retail market and expand its textiles offering.

Ricoh expects its inkjet business to expand significantly into new industrial applications and is looking at the feasibility of developing a dedicated ink operation from its site in Scotland.

Commercial and wide-format printer One Digital is sponsoring one of 50 snail sculptures as part of the Snailspace initiative in support of local charity Martlets Hospice.

Former Apogee sales account manager Bill Clayton has bought Kall Kwik Farnham after working with the firm for more than a decade in his previous role.

Printers and pre-press firms are listed among the major creditors of SP Group, which owed unsecured creditors more than £4.9m when it went into administration over the summer.

Large-format graphics specialist Leach has invested £500,000 in a new Durst Rhotex 325 printer to double the capacity of its Yorkshire factory to a 500sqm/hr print rate.

Print and marketing communications company Taylor Bloxham Group has been awarded the BPIF Colour Quality Management Scheme certification for ISO 12647:2013.