Pinders expands printing operation

SHEFFIELD printing firm Pinders has invested £200,000 in the latest printing technology to double its output and improve the quality of its products.

The firm, founded in 1938, which specialises in print, copy, exhibition and display graphics among other services – is upgrading its VUTEK digital printing press.

The new VUTEk QS2000 seven-colour printing press will be located at Pinders' Attercliffe copy shop and replaces the company's existing six-colour press, specially imported from the USA in 2005.

For the first time the high-definition press will be able to print white ink, allowing Pinders to print window graphics and other transparent materials more easily.

The upgrade will also continue to allow the company to produce print work across a wide spectrum of promotional and marketing initiatives from personal work to huge advertising billboards and building wraps.

The superwide format press produces full coloured, finished, weatherproof graphics directly onto virtually any surface up to two metres wide for projects including photographic backdrops, vinyl banners, packaging, display boards, construction industry boards and point of sale material.

David Whiteway, joint managing director of Pinders, based on Moore Street, said: “The acquisition of this machine further establishes Pinders as one of the region's largest, most innovative and progressive digital printers.

“The upgraded machine is twice as fast as the original, meaning a far increased print capacity and improved lead times for our customers.”