Wide format

WAE Group has added a second Longier machine to its line up in an effort to be more environmentally conscious.

Wide-format consumables supplier Innotech has launched a new budget roller banner that it claims offers the quality of a more expensive model.

Private equity house Foresight Group has invested almost £2m in specialist printer Regency Design & Print and has ambitious plans to scale the business.

Xaar has signed “probably its biggest deal yet”, for 90,000 printheads to be supplied over the next two years.

Source Graphics has reduced turnaround times and brought a number of processes in-house after a circa-£200,000 wide-format kit investment.

Graphics software developer Corel has introduced a new edition of Graphics Suite targeted at small print and design businesses.

B2B Graphics has invested in an Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED hybrid printer to boost productivity.

Zünd Plotting Systems (UK) has officially changed its name to Zünd UK, after the business was acquired by Zund Systemtechnik AG earlier this year.

Hobs Repro Warrington has relocated and installed new Canon large-format equipment.

South West-based print group DigiPrint has upgraded the Latex offering in its Chippenham premises with the installation of an HP Latex 560.

Wide-format body Fespa has launched Fespa Direct, a new service that allows printers outside of its 37 association countries to access the benefits of membership.

Agfa’s worldwide wide-format inkjet business posted double-digit growth in Q2, while its UK wing has reported “positive” trading conditions overall in the first half.