Wide format

St Ives has issued a trading update ahead of its annual general meeting of shareholders.

Wide-format digital and inkjet printing expert Sophie Matthews-Paul has died after a short illness.

Central London-based Rapidity has installed a Canon Océ Colorado, as part of a £1.75m large-format and digital reequip.

Large-format trade printer Printvision has invested £1.5m in a new purpose-built factory and kitted it out with an EFI Vutek FabriVu 340 digital fabric printer and a Dyss digital cutter.

Shares in Xaar have tanked after the company warned that supply issues have hit anticipated second-half sales of its new 1201 printhead.

Large-format printer RGL Displays has installed a 1.5m-wide HP DesignJet Z6800 Photo Production Printer.

Fespa’s Asian show will return this year to Bangkok for its second year running, after the success of the inaugural event last year.

Luescher-Tschudi has released an update for the software that drives its Raptor 320 textile printer that enables it to handle heavier substrates.

PressOn has continued its partnership with the team behind an attempt to break the land speed record by applying a vehicle wrap on the Bloodhound SSC supersonic car.

Large-format printer Universal Graphix has become the first UK company to install a Yotta YD-F3216R5 LED flatbed, its first foray into flatbed printing.

Grafenia has relocated its large-format operation from its Manchester litho hub to the Manchester sign hub it acquired earlier this year.

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers has increased its wide-format capabilities with the installation of a variety of wide-format finishing kit.