MTL Print has established a North American headquarters, located in Kennesaw, GA, and a new executive organization for the region. It has also decided to name the final version of the Meital 304D flatbed inkjet printer the NURstar 304.
Earlier this month, the local Believe in Tomorrow House got a mini-makeover courtesy of national signage and graphics company Signs by Tomorrow. The free exterior building wrap, valued at $3,500, was produced with materials donated by 3M Commercial Graphics.
Available exclusively for Roland VersaCAMM, VersaArt and VersaStudio models, the Roland Rental Program offers one- and three-year options at affordable monthly rates. “The credit crunch of the past few years has made it difficult for many businesses to qualify for a lease or other financing.”
Tulsa, OK-based Meeks Group has installed HP Scitex LX850 and FB700 industrial printers to help improve its productivity, meet environmental demands and diversify the company’s application offerings. Meeks is a full-service print provider specializing in vehicle wraps, banners, trade show graphics and point-of-purchase displays.
Source One Digital, located in Norton Shores, MI, recently installed a Uvistar 2 superwide-format UV roll printer, along with two UV inkjet flatbed machines—an Inca Onset S40 and Acuity Advance. “If it can be printed on rigid or roll material, we can print it.”
Inside Richard Childress Racing’s in-house graphics production studio, the RCR Graphics Center, a team of expert designers and installers are working night and day to wrap its extensive line-up of cars, trucks and trailers. The shop is currently running each of its Roland printers 14 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week.
For Franklin Imaging in Columbus, OH, the multilayer printing capabilities of the Truepress Jet2500UV gives the 30-employee digital imaging specialist lucrative market opportunities in high-impact print applications. “We wanted to upgrade our printing capabilities to reduce our turnaround times and improve quality,” said Emily Williamson, president.
According to InfoTrends, the global market for wide-format UV-curable inkjet printers and supplies is expected to grow from $1.42 billion in 2010 to $3.04 billion in 2015 for a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.4 percent.
Created by the aptly named Carl Pappenheim, Spineless Classics take the full texts of classic novels and arranges them into “single paper designs.” Having watched “architectural drawings roll off the presses at a friend’s printing company,” Pappenheim figured that he could fit 100,000 words on each poster-size sheet. The reaction to the resultant poster led to the creation of the company, and posters are now available as far a field as New Zealand.
Quad Express Printing in Hayward, CA, is the first U.S. customer to purchase an EFI VUTEk GS3250 grand-format inkjet printer from Heidelberg USA. The printer aims to expand into the grand-format display market from its core offset printing business.
