Newport-based Ottimo Digital has bought the UK’s first EFI Quantum LXr5 UV-LED printer. The 5m-wide roll-fed printer was installed last month by CMYUK to help the company meet increased production demand.
Ottimo Digital was founded in 2009 by Lee Crew and Nick Lindwall. The latter said of the investment: “Our business is primarily in exhibition graphics for retail and trade, and late in 2016 we identified a need for a roll-to-roll UV printer big enough to cope with high-quality 4m high exhibition stand graphics printed as a single piece. We were also keen to streamline our finishing process as that might have become something of a bottleneck if we began producing output that was too large to fit on our 3.2m cutting table.
“We were invited by CMYUK to visit the EFI demo facility in Belgium to see the Quantum 5LXr printer in action. It quickly became apparent that it ticked pretty much every box.”
Ottimo added: “Entering the 5m-wide market, along with our already comprehensive range of equipment, means that we are perfectly placed to handle absolutely any project that our customers might require. In addition to this, the Quantum is the only 5m-wide machine to offer full in-line cutting which will speed up our finishing process, enabling us to offer extremely short turnarounds.”