Wide format

Wide-format kit reseller Signmaster Systems has expanded its portfolio by adding the Mimaki range of sign and graphics printers.

Start-up signage and print company Bow Design has set its long-term sights on becoming one of the biggest signage printers in Wales after taking on a new TrueVis VG-640 wide-format printer-cutter.

Agfa-Gevaert has reported a drop in both revenue and gross profit in its 2018 results.

McGowans has kicked off pre-Brexit expansion at both its Dublin and Belfast bases with two new large-format Durst Rho machines.

The new owner of Service Graphics and SP Group has pledged to "revitalise" the businesses under private ownership.

Printdesigns has significantly increased its fabric printing capacity after investing around £250,000 in a new EFI printer that it said is “six to eight times faster” than its previous machine.

Romford, Essex-based printer Graphic Station has gone into liquidation following a general downturn in business levels, including the loss of a major client.

Manchester Print Services has invested more than £200,000 in new cutting and dye-sublimation equipment to cope with increasing demand for its services.

St Ives has sold its £106.3m turnover wide-format printing businesses for £6m to the former owner of Aylesford Newsprint.

Signs Express Plymouth has installed an Epson SC-S80600 to boost the quality of its signage output.

NEC Graph-fix has bought an HP Scitex 11000 industrial press to upgrade its capability amid a busy year of developments for the firm.

Plastic Formers has taken on the UK’s first EFI H1625 SuperDraw, taking its first steps into digital print.