The device is capable of printing on 3.2m wide rolls of fabric and has the potential to boost the firm’s annual print capacity up to 250,000sq m.
Stuart Maclaren, managing director of Your Print Partner, says the purchase marks an “exciting” phases of the firm’s development and expects its new super-wide service to prove popular with customers.
“The sheer capability of the new Mimaki makes it a key element of our growth strategy and as a result of the increased capacity it brings to the company; we expect to create five new jobs over the winter period in our pre-print, sales and customer service departments,” Maclaren comments.
This really opens up many more new opportunities for us and enables us to compete on much larger tenders”
“One of our most popular products is Feather Flags, which you might typically see at sporting events or on car forecourts.
“With the new Mimaki – now the largest in our building – we have the potential to print more than 1,000 additional flags every week.
“This really opens up many more new opportunities for us and enables us to compete on much larger tenders.”