One of the most recognisable faces on UK television, Nick is perhaps best known for presenting Channel 4’s Countdown since January 2012. Nick’s eight years at the helm makes him the show’s second-longest serving presenter since original host Richard Whiteley.
Protect Signs has made a business from public warnings. It specialises in the design and manufacture of portable, temporary, traffic safety and signing products for the UK emergency services, public sector services, utilities, contractors and the like.
Fortnum and Mason’s canmaker of choice, William Say & Co, turned to Fujifilm, and the Acuity B1 to produce a high quality short run of tins for an in-store display.
Integrated inkjet solutions provider Agfa have been announced as sponsors of the prestigious Best in Show award at the inaugural UK Graphic Awards, taking place this September.
The box office at Stadium MK - the home of MK Dons Football Club - is now almost unrecognisable with eye-catching wall graphics printed on Drytac ReTac Textures media, after the decision was made to bring printing in-house.
John E Wright has a history going back 120 years, but is looking to the future with fast new printing equipment - two HP Latex 570 systems installed at its Hull branch.
“We’d like to be the number one supplier of dye sublimation flags and sports clothing in the UK, and if we can get close to that, then happy days,” says Ryan Shelton, Director of Chesterfield-based Banner Box.
Roland Academy, the team responsible for running Roland DG’s print courses, has had a strong start to the year with the addition of new courses, a new training centre and new remote and onsite training options for individuals or groups.
Printer of 160 million books a year, Suffolk-based Clays has seen Fujifilm’s Jet Press 750S take on a hugely significant role for its short-run book cover production since installation in mid-2019.
Roland DG will take a selection of its key products to the forthcoming Sign and Digital UK 2020 show, with a particular focus on its market-leading UV printing solutions.
Illustrator and University of Huddersfield Graphic Design Course Leader, Brent Hardy-Smith has a raft of Mimaki technology at his hands when he needs to assist students with bringing their creative concepts to life through the medium of print.
Your Print Specialists’ (YPS) trailblazing journey into digital textile printing continues with the announcement of a new agreement with Epson to resell the SureColor SC-F series of dye-sublimation printers.
Sussex Beds is planning a massive expansion over the next decade following its most successful year yet - thanks in part to printing its own display material in-house with HP DesignJet.
Liquid Lens has announced they are working closely with I-Sub Digital to deliver complete solutions for domed label production.
Gardiner Graphics Supplies Europe (GGS EU), the UK’s largest independent conversion facility in the lamination and print industry, announce a unique 100% PVC-free wide format print media for Latex and UV printing.
The University of Westminster continues to represent printed designs at London Fashion Week while Epson donates a further dye-sublimation printer to further endorse this increasing trend.
The inaugural UK Graphic Awards are now open for entries and attracting a lot of interest from companies across the UK’s large format print industry.
Exciting news for TrueVIS SG and VG Series printer/cutter owners - Roland DG EMEA is now offering up to 50% off your conversion kit (includes first set of inks) when you upgrade your current TrueVIS device to new TR2 ink.
Trans-Web says the installation of a new Blackman & White digital cutting system has expanded its ability to offer bespoke products - even completing work from competing companies who lack the technology for the job.
Aurora Graphics is stepping up to another level and widening its business offerings to customers with significant investments in new technology and software through Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies.
QPS always responds to market demand. In April 2019, following numerous requests for textile inks - other than dye sublimation - for more specific applications, we expanded our product portfolio with the full range of DuPont Artistri digital inks for textiles.
The packaging industry’s most cutting-edge technologies and solutions will take centre stage at Packaging Innovations 2020, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February. New for 2020, the show will host a Cobot area and welcome a Start-Up Village, as well as showcasing more than 300 exhibitors, many for the very first time.
Phil Oakley has been appointed as the new UK and Ireland Sales Manager for Kornit Digital, an innovative manufacturer of printing solutions for the garment, apparel and textile industries.
Your Print Specialists (YPS) has announced a new web site, which includes an e-commerce area, initially dedicated to the company’s core consumables.
Equestrian brand Racesafe says it has plans to explore new business avenues and offer a more tailored service to its customers, following the installation of an HP Stitch S300 dye-sublimation printer.
The 2020 British Sign Awards will be presented at a Gala Celebration event to be held at the Athena in Leicester City Centre on Thursday, November 12th.
Richardson Promotional Goods has installed two more Roland DG printers in its already bustling workroom – technology that has helped the business take on 'a life of its own', says its owner.
The Leeds Pride parade featured an open-top double-decker bus wrapped for the occasion by the team behind Emmerdale's on-screen graphics - using Drytac easily removable graphics materials.
One of the UK’s leading large format printers, Super-Wide Digital (SWD), has added Agfa’s Jeti Tauro H3300 LED press to their huge stable of Superwide format machines. Installed in September 2019, they admit to having underestimated the benefits it has brought to their established print business.
Specialised Canvas Group, which encompasses businesses trading as Specialised Canvas, Flagmakers and Banner Box, recently installed their second Zund digital cutter, in a move to double production capacity and support the growing demand for their extensive range of products and services.
Traditional wallpaper manufacturer Anstey says it expects the digital side of its business to grow further into the new decade, following a steady increase in the department - now running six HP printers - throughout 2019.
Kent-based Superfast Labels has chosen the AccurioLabel 230 toner press from Konica Minolta to bolster its digital armoury. The new press will enable the company to address increasingly shorter lead times and further boost its efficiencies.
How many of us can say we have had a real Eureka moment? How many more can say they actually had it while in the bath? And, most important of all, how many can say they acted on this idea and created something meaningful and lasting with it? Well, there was Archimedes of course; and more recently, Mark Darby of Zip Buddy.
CMYUK has installed an EFI-VUTEK h3 digital printer at DIS in Wolverhampton. The new printer will support this multi-award winning company with industrial-level productivity, superlative print quality, rock solid reliability and greatly expanded capacity.
Total Signs and Graphics has invested in an Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED UV printer and a Blackman & White Genesis V digital cutting system from expert wide format system supplier i-Sub Digital, in an investment made several years ahead of schedule owing to 'a happy push'.
Service Graphics, the UK's leading graphics group, has acquired Octink - the Brentford-based display graphics, site hoardings, signage, and interior solutions specialists.
Large format graphics and signage specialist MX Display has renewed its contract with installations project management software supplier Vism, calling the cloud-based solution its “installers’ bible” and praising the team for its responsive customer service.
Printed.com says it is looking forward to expanding its product line and reaching new customers in 2020, following the installation of a third HP digital printer in 2019.
printMAX are delighted to announce the launch of an exclusive ‘Workflow Bundle.’ This ultimate production combination is comprised of the Mimaki JFX200-2513 LED-UV flatbed printer and the Summa F1612 flatbed cutter.
Service Graphics, the UK's leading graphics group, has acquired Image Factory Retail Graphics Ltd, one of the UK's leading producers of POS and POP for the retail and brand marketing sectors.
Packaging Innovations 2020 will host curated content designed to tackle the biggest challenges faced by the food, drink, beauty, pharmaceutical and healthcare, e-commerce, and retail sectors, as part of the show’s Industry Forums, when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February.
Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) today announces it is expanding the show’s appeal with a range of new and returning exhibitors already confirmed for April 2020.
Globe Park Print Store completed a multi-application project for skiwear brand Perfect Moment using Drytac media, in place for just one day.
Project management software provider Vism and Fespa UK Association have announced more details of their upcoming UK Graphic Awards and Thrive in Print conference in September 2020.
Owner partners, Sylvia and Bill Islip of Trade & Discount Signs in Sandy, Bedfordshire, are no strangers to Agfa products, having run a wide format Agfa machine for over 6 years. But having just replaced it with a new and faster model, the Anapurna H1650i LED, they’ve seen immediate benefits for their 30-year old business.
The British Sign Awards will take place again this year – but under an independent BSA (British Sign Awards) banner.
“Last year, we returned to Printwear and Promotion LIVE! to showcase some newly released products that fit the market really well.” says Ronee Gillett, Personalisation Specialist for Roland DG UK, “The visitor response was incredible and with even more new releases throughout 2019, we’re going even bigger in 2020.”
UK and Ireland Mimaki distributor, Hybrid Services has announced further enticement to those companies looking to invest in Mimaki’s award-winning technology by offering a free LA-160W Laminator alongside a 3-year Gold warranty on Mimaki’s new super-fast, wide-format JV300-160plus solvent printer and CJV300-160plus integrated printer/cutter for a limited period.
Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries, is launching the new Avery Dennison Supreme Wrapping Film / Spandex GP Edition, a unique new range of custom colours from Avery Dennison’s popular Supreme Wrapping Film range developed for Spandex.
A new series of cutting plotters has been announced by Graphtec GB. Called the CE7000, it replaces the CE6000 series and provides radically enhanced performance capabilities but at a competitive price point and with new and larger size options.
Greenhouse Graphics, based in Bramley in Hampshire was first established in 1993 as a digital artwork and pre press business with the aim of providing a more sustainable print service than anything readily available in the market at the time.
Epson UK is pleased to announce it is the exclusive print & technology partner for photographer, Indira Flack’s new Great British Racing Drivers (GBRD) exhibition.
The iconic Neoclassical façade of Somerset House is instantly recognizable overlooking the South side of the Thames.
The International Sign Association-UK (ISA-UK), formerly known as the British Sign & Graphics Association, has announced today that it will be introducing a brand new award scheme for 2020.
Organisers of The Print Show have announced British boxing legend Frank Bruno MBE as the first of three celebrity speakers for the 2020 edition of the UK’s leading print industry event.
Linx Printing Technologies has introduced an ink specially formulated to resist moisture, colour change and transference.
Liquid Lens, the UK market leader for quality doming resin, doming technology and domed label production, has announced the availability of a broad range of end-to-end domed label production solutions.
Organisers of Sign & Digital UK today announce the HEXIS UK Wrap Battle Contest will be back for the 2020 Show.
Blackman & White has appointed i-Sub as the exclusive UK distributor of its range of cutting systems for the sign and graphics industries.
The Christmas spirit has arrived in Bath with shoppers treated to a magical snowy window display at The Loft, printed and installed by Drytac.
Sign Architects has reported 100 per cent growth each year since it was established four years ago - and intends to continue the trend with help from a new printer investment from expert wide format system supplier i-Sub Digital.
Pennine Signs has taken delivery of a new HP Latex 365 wide format printer, eleven years after investing in the very first generation of HP Latex in 2008 and staying true to the brand ever since.
Link Exhibitions, the organiser of the hugely successful The Print Show, has announced the launch of The Sign Show, a brand new event entirely dedicated to the UK sign industry.
Digital Business Services Ltd (DBSL) describes itself as 'a small company that packs a punch', with now even more power to impress thanks to its latest large-scale investment in HP Latex printing technology.
Perspex Distribution has increased its print substrate range with the launch of Palight Print Plus, a new PVC Foam promising their whitest print surface ever.
Following its appointment as an authorised UK and Ireland distributor for print finishing solutions specialist Kala, Graphtec GB is now stocking and supplying the latest Kala XYII 1650 automatic media trimming machine.
September 2019 saw the beginning of an exciting new relationship for Victory Design, linking them with sign vinyl manufacturer Ritrama UK – an organisation which has manufacturing facilities and logistics centres throughout the world.
Since 2006, Northumbria Print & Distribution has provided a comprehensive range of printed media to businesses and the community throughout the North East. Based in Morpeth near Newcastle, the company has built a solid reputation for delivering great quality print at very competitive prices and delivering when and where their customers need it.
Lifting solutions expert GGR Group has invested in HP Latex technology, allowing it to bring signage and decal printing in-house and offer a valuable new service to its blue-chip clients.
On November 14th, the UK sign and graphics community came together to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the industry over the preceding 12 months.
Monro has installed a Roland VersaUV S-Series UV-LED belt printer, enabling this packaging specialist to offer substantially more complete mock-ups to its customers.
As he prepares to retire, a highly respected sign industry stalwart has issued a rallying call to colleagues within the sector. Mike Hall, chair of the ISA-UK technical committee and member of the ISA-UK council, formally retires from his position at the end of December 2019 but is urging more sign professionals to get involved with the sign industry’s leading trade association.
Packaging Innovations 2020 will welcome Contract Pack & Fulfilment for the thirteenth year when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February.
UK and Ireland Mimaki distributor, Hybrid Services has announced an enticing 3-year Gold warranty on Mimaki’s new super-fast, wide-format JV300-160plus solvent printer and CJV300-160plus integrated printer/cutter for a limited period, appealing to those companies looking to invest in Mimaki’s award-winning technology.
Harrogate printer, Platinum HPL has invested in a new Agfa Jeti Tauro H2500 LED print engine, offering speeds four times faster than the machine it replaced.
Tell Design & Print has installed an HP Latex 115 print and cut solution at its Glasgow premises, with its output to be directed by customer demand.
The Royal Academy Schools officially launched its 250th anniversary celebrations on 13th November by hosting an exclusive launch event for friends of the RA Schools, students, artists, patrons and the media – an event that included a tour and private viewing of its Burlington House teaching and production facilities and its purpose-built state-of-the-art Epson Digital Media Suite.
Roland DG announces that cotodesign, an innovative design and print management software package which allows retailers to offer customers a unique in-store experience with the possibility to personalise a wide range of products, is now compatible with more Roland DG devices than ever before.
A sackful of sign and display work by Leek Signs will transform London's Hyde Park this festive season, printed on a new Roland VG-640 running Nazdar inks, supplied by Quality Print Services (QPS).
London-based silkscreen printer Make-Ready has been relying on Nazdar inks, supplied by Screentec Print Essentials, to deliver stunning commissions from artists and art galleries across the UK.
Service Graphics has renewed its use of Vism’s project management software and installer apps for a second year, with its Swanley production site having reaped the benefits of a more streamlined process for managing its installations.
Packaging professionals from household names through to independent brands will come together to discover the latest technologies and solutions when Label&Print, Ecopack, Empack, and Contract Pack & Fulfilment return to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February.
Wallpaper manufacturer John Mark Ltd has taken delivery of its fifth HP Latex 1500 3.2m printer, continuing a relationship with HP that has made it Europe's largest digital printer of wall coverings and helped to drive the digitalisation of the industry.
Scunthorpe sign maker A Signs has invested in the new H1650i LED Agfa Anapurna print engine and, just 10 months on, is enjoying increased profitability due to improved efficiencies.
Panopus Printing has created two poster projects for The Garage in London - but the fast-moving music world means the colourful ads were only on show for a few days.
Pyramid Display Materials have announced the appointment of Matt Reid-Jones as HP Latex Product Solutions Specialist.
Large-format print specialist JKN Digital is looking ahead to 2020 with further investment in innovative HP printing technology, designed to boost efficiency and quality.
Liverpool based PPL has invested in its second Agfa Jeti Mira 2.7x3.2m flatbed printer, doubling its capacity for wide format work.
The IPIA has laid a new corner stone of its growth strategy by creating a ‘Lite’ membership category, which opens a key segment of the trade association’s benefits up to a much wider spectrum of the commercial print industry.
Signworks has taken delivery of a new HP Latex 315 print and cut solution following months of research on finding the perfect printer - including hours of YouTube videos providing the print community's opinions on the technology.
MetaCast MDC is a new, premium cast wrapping vinyl from Metamark. ‘It’s the best performing product that Metamark has ever produced,’ says the company. Cast materials are engineered to perform. MetaCast MDC confronts that responsibility head on, they add, and it redefines performance from print quality, though application, to ultimate durability in the field.
For the fourth consecutive time, Imaginators has won Best Branding at the Festival Supplier of the Year awards. This adds yet another trophy to its impressive cache of accolades that include multiple wins for Best SME Business of the Year, Best Wide Format and Best Superwide Format Digital Print Company of the Year and several others including IoD Director of the Year for founder and Managing Director Matt Tydeman.
Replacing the existing flagship FC8600 series of cutting plotters, the latest FC9000 series is now available from Graphtec GB. It is said to provide one of the highest performance capabilities currently available for this class of cutting plotter.
The Print Show has officially launched its stand bookings for the 2020 event, with a number of companies signing up early and securing their places at next year’s show.
Specialized Signs has continued a period of investment with the purchase of an HP Latex R1000 - a highly versatile machine it predicts will help it double its business.
Your Print Specialists (YPS) has announced the immediate availability of the new Poseidon textile printer from South Korean manufacturer, Digital Graphics Inc (DGI).
Protect Safety Signs, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of Temporary Traffic Management signs to the Emergency Services sector, has recently bought and installed two Océ Colorado 1640 printers.
Spandex, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, graphics and display industries, has been appointed the exclusive distributor of STEK paint protection and light protection films in the UK, extending further its extensive portfolio of vehicle wrapping films.
Designs Signage Solutions says it's growing year on year, at the same time as reducing its carbon footprint owing to significant investment in the latest technological solutions from HP.
R A Smart invite signmakers, flag printers, exhibition & display graphic producers and universities to get up close and personal with the new HP Stitch range of digital dye-sublimation printers.