Wide format

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.

Digital Wordcrafts has enhanced its wide-format offering with the installation of an Agfa Anapurna H3200i LED-UV press and a Zünd G3 XL3200 digital flatbed cutter.

Water-based textile inks supplier MagnaColours has launched an improved bleed blocking ink for use on 100% polyester and other fabrics where dye migration is a problem.

Meteor Inkjet has expanded its offering with the addition of the new HDC-GMA99 head driver, for use with Fujifilm Dimatix Samba GMA 99 printheads.

Print-Leeds has signed a new five-year plate contact with Agfa and invested in the manufacturer’s Arkana processor and Asanti wide-format workflow software.

Stackawraps has entered into a UK partnership with large-format printer NEC Graph-fix, which will produce and market its photo-realistic 3D models.