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NEWS WIDE FORMAT & POSTPRESS

Blink opens eyes to new PFI buys Novum
Graphics
contract after Latex install Large-format print group

PFI bought Novum Graphics
in mid-January, merging the
Wide-format printer ver firm achieve significant business with its
Blink has netted a contract growth as the machine now Speedscreen subsidiary.
with a global consumer sits alongside its Agfa Jeti The merger, which has
brand just weeks after Tauro and a stable of other kit
installing an HP Latex press including litho and finishing kept on all staff at both
it bought to help it compete machinery. Novum and Speedscreen, has
for high profile contracts. seen Novum move from
Blink’s new HP Latex She added: “We got the Stratford to Speedscreen’s
R1000, bought from HP machine because we knew it site in Maidstone.
dealer Perfect Colours, was would open the doors for this Novum, which was not in
installed in mid-January. work. And then we got the financial distress, first started
Esther Butterfield, the work because we got the fielding offers for a purchase
The HP Latex R1000 uses water-based inks without harmful solvents
firm’s managing director, machine. You have to be flex- when its landlord, retail dis-
told Printweek that the parison for our needs mov- Butterfield added: “This ible like that.” play printer Kesslers - already
Latex’s water-based inks and ing forward.” was the next sensible step Training on the new a PFI subsidiary - announced
eco-friendly performance Blink - now 21 years in for us really, in terms of sus- machine went smoothly it would be moving site after
had stood out of the wide- operation - has recently tainability and doing the enough, Butterfield said, its lease ended.
format crowd. She said: taken a strong interest in best we can as a company.” with HP training employees While it received a number
“The HP Latex’s eco creden- eco-friendly print, winning The £160,000 investment on the machine itself and of offers, it decided to take up
tials speak for themselves. its ISO 14001 and FSC certi- in a new Latex, she said, Perfect Colours teaching PFI’s offer, which would see
There wasn’t really any com- fication in early 2022. should help the £1.5m-turno- them how to use the RIP. it move to Speedscreen’s site.
Coloreel secures new UK Acuity Hybrid is latest

distributor agreements first for Echo House

Swedish firm Coloreel, Echo House has scored
which specialises in pat- another Fujifilm first after
ented technology for the installing the first Acuity
digital dyeing of textile Ultra Hybrid LED printer in
thread on-demand, has
expanded its UK distributor the world. The Surbiton-
network. Adding to its based creative production
existing partnership with specialist has become the
AJS Embroidery Services, it global beta site for the new
has now secured agree- superwide model, which was
ments with two new distrib- unveiled as the centrepiece
utors, Amaya Sales UK and Coloreel specialises in patented technology for the digital dyeing of Fujifilm’s exhibit at last Acuity Hybrid LED printer
Stocks. retail groups such as demand and premium fash- year’s Fespa show in Berlin. strates. Top speed is 218sqm/
Coloreel said the growth Bestseller, Bench, and Penn ion markets.” The company is a long- hr in roll-to-roll mode.
of its distributor network, Sports (Wilson). Julian Wright, sales direc- standing Fujifilm customer The device was described
combined with the appoint- “We are thrilled to be tor at Amaya, added: “At and also installed the world’s as “a print shop in one” that
ment of Stephen McKenzie working with Amaya and Amaya, we strive to offer first Acuity Ultra back in had been developed with a
as its new sales director for Stocks, along with our innovative solutions for our 2018.
the UK & Ireland, show- strong partnership with AJS customers’ production focus on ease-of-use and ROI
needs. Coloreel’s instant
cases its commitment to Embroidery Services,” said thread colouring technol- The new Acuity Ultra when it was launched at the
increasing its presence in McKenzie. “This will help ogy simplifies the embroi- Hybrid LED has a 3.3m print heart of Fujifilm’s new gen-
us bring our innovative
the UK market. technology to more custom- dery process and makes it width and a top resolution of eration ‘Blueprint’ platform
McKenzie joins Coloreel ers in the UK, and our part- more adaptable to the on- 1,200x1,200dpi. It can han- for wide-format devices.
with career experience in nerships with these three demand model. Our cus- dle two differing media rolls, The new Acuity was
sales and sourcing. He has industry leaders will allow tomers can now offer or up to six sheet types when installed at Echo House at the
held leadership positions at us to better serve the on high-quality embroideries.” printing onto rigid sub- end of last month.
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