Displayways has just completed a £500,000 investment that includes a move to new offices, the creation of a showroom with an ‘ideas room’, a Mimaki JFX500 UV 3m x 2m flatbed printer, an Agfa Annapurna 3200 3.2m wide UV roll-to-roll printer, new workflow systems and new finishing equipment.
Managing director Rob Kelly, who with Peter Sheldrick bought the business in September 2012, invested an initial £250,000 in new plant and in the recruitment of key staff. After a period of significant growth on the back of that investment, this month the company invested again to complete a programme of works and purchases that Kelly said will provide a platform for further growth, increased capability and capacity and improved customer service.
“The machine purchases make up the bulk of the investment and were made after a period of in-depth research into which new machines on the market would produce the best quality direct-to-media and roll-to-roll large-format print,” said Kelly.
The company is soon to launch two new high-end and bespoke graphics offerings. Kelly continued: “The business has a fantastic reputation for delivering complicated graphics projects at the bespoke end of the markets it serves and providing a partnership service to
designers and end clients. Our clients look to us to provide advice and ideas, the new products will support the strategy of continuing to enhance our capabilities in being able to deliver solutions others cannot”.