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NEWS WIDE FORMAT & POSTPRESS

PressOn installs 4th HP Latex CBS acquired in
pre-pack
to accelerate green growth Solutions (CBS) has been
Complete Business

acquired in a pre-pack deal by
EVO. Tim Vance, John
Large-format digital and we’ve found it’s been a Sumpton and Sam
printer and installer real help because it’s a uni- Woodward of EY
PressOn has bought its versally recognised brand Parthenon’s restructuring
fourth HP Latex printer, sig- that has a strong commit- team were appointed as joint
nificantly expanding the ment to sustainability and administrators of Complete
firm’s capacity for environ- responsible environmental Business Solutions Group
mentally conscious prod- practice. Ltd, Bluefish Office Products
ucts. “By aligning ourselves with Ltd, The Irongate Group Ltd
The R2000, installed in that brand, it’s making it very and RAM Print Ltd on 9
October, is the firm’s second, easy for us to qualify our- January.
joining a Latex 3600 and selves as a business [environ- Immediately following the
Latex 570 at PressOn’s appointment of administra-
Chatham production site. Car wraps are a profitable area for PressOn mentally].” tors, a sale of CBS’ business
The new installation has company. wrap, for example, with UV The Latex printers use and assets was completed by
allowed PressOn to ramp up “That’s the beauty of Latex inks.” water-based inks, are com- the administrators to a sub-
production with white ink technology,” PressOn’s man- The press’ environmental paratively energy-efficient, sidiary of EVO. The deal also
work, something that had aging director Andy Wilson credentials - and customers’ and PressOn subscribes to resulted in the immediate
proved popular with custom- told Printweek. “It’s not just awareness of them - are like- HP’s ink cartridge recycling transfer of all of its 632 staff
ers since the first R2000 vehicle wrapping, it’s a vari- wise of high importance to scheme as part of its zero to EVO. It is headquartered
went in in 2018, as well as ety of work - they are so flexi- PressOn. waste to landfill policy. in Wakefield and operates
vehicle wraps, which is a ble in terms of what you can He added: “We’ve kind of “Recycling is paramount,” through 18 regional distribu-
profitable market for the put through them. You can’t got ourselves in bed with HP, Wilson said. tion hubs across the UK.
Agfa to showcase fastest Standard 8 invests in

version of Jeti Tauro H3300 Kongsberg X24 Edge

Capable of printing on Standard 8 has installed a
rigid and flexible materials Konsberg X24 cutting table
up to 3.3m wide, the UHS to handle growing demand
(ultra-high speed) model for acrylic work. The exhibi-
offers a throughput of tion specialist, based near
905sqm/hr. Brighton, started out life
Following the earlier
introduction of varnish on building outdoor exhibitions
the HS model, the UHS for photographers - but now
model now also comes with manufactures and installs
varnish printing at a speed UHS model comes with varnish printing at a speed of 150sqm/hr various types of exhibitions,
of up to 150sqm/hr. information graphics and The team with new Kongsberg
Agfa said this would ena- Gold certified. paths and lead to sustainable bespoke curations. we’re doing more and more
ble those producing corru- “We are excited to present success.” With business trending of it,” he said.
gated cardboard displays our latest printing solutions All of the machines in the towards acrylic work - espe- The new cutting table,
with the possibility to at C!Print,” said Koen Steert, cially mounting onto acrylic - installed in August, has
embellish prints by adding a head of sales sign and display Jeti Tauro H3300 LED range it decided it had to invest in allowed the firm to split its
layer of high-gloss or satin Europe at Agfa. can be enhanced with semi- what founder Tom Snell calls
varnish, either applied to “We look forward to wel- or fully-automatic loading cutting work in half - with
the entire surface (flood coming print service provid- and unloading options for “the clean machine”. wood and metal routed in its
varnish) or selectively (spot ers at our booth to discuss rigid media. They can also be “We do lots of mounting basement workshop.
varnish). their questions and needs, fitted with different roll-to- onto acrylic, and to be able to Standard 8 bought the
All models can also run and to explore how our inte- print registration marks, cut Kongsberg from CMYUK,
white ink, or white and grated offering of printers, roll handling options for up it all out, polish the edges, with whom it had an existing
primer. The inks on the Jeti inks, software, training and to 700kg per roll in both sin- has been absolutely brilliant - relationship as supplier of
printers are Greenguard services can fit their growth gle- and dual-roll mode. a real step forward for us, and many of its materials.
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