ARC-UK is on a mission to quadruple turnover in the next two years and has bought another Océ Arizona from Canon to drive growth in the retail sector specifically.
An Océ Arizona 460 GT is part of a £2m investment in the business following continued growth in its large-format colour business which has become very well established over the last six years.
“This is the second Arizona we have installed in the last 18 months, joining an Arizona 480 XT to increase our production capacity as we continue to win new business and diversify our offering in retail,” said John Snell, ARC-UK MD. “Our escalation plans in the UK have already seen us increase headcount from 26 to 100 in an 18 month period, as well as expand into new 14,000ft2 premises in central London.
“The capabilities of Arizona technology are, in my mind, unsurpassed, particularly in the production of high quality display graphics where customers are increasingly requesting decorative elements such as white ink and varnishing. Also having the roll-feed option on both machines enhances their capability and enables us to be more versatile with media for our clients,” added Snell.
ARC-UK has grown turnover from £3m in early 2013 to £10m through acquisition and organic growth. It anticipates a similar increase again over the next two years.
“Previously, ARC has been well recognised internationally for producing monochrome technical documents for the AEC, financial and legal sectors, but now is the time to really show what we can do with colour,” said Snell. “Established clients in the retail sector like to see new suppliers coming into the market with fresh ideas and that is what we are doing. A recent project saw our installation teams erecting a 23 x 10m wall - printed on an Arizona - overnight at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham; quite an eye catcher!”