Iain Clasper-Cotte (L), UK MD, Northern Flags and FaberExposize, with Gary Giles, account manager, Agfa Graphics
One of the UK’s largest fabric printers, Northern Flags, has invested in two Agfa print engines and a workflow solution for its new Leeds facility.
With a 33-year history in supplying flags, and sister brand FaberExposize offering extended print POS solutions, the business required a faster and wider ink jet solution and a quality dye sublimation printer with maximum show through results, important when printing textile substrates.
The FaberExposize brand takes its name from its European owner and expands the team’s specialism for printing on fabric to a broader range of materials and wider customer base.
The company, which is a new customer to the Agfa brand, has installed a two-engine solution consisting of the Agfa Avinci DX3200 dye sublimation printer and Agfa Anapurna H3200i LED 3.2m wide format inkjet press, both driven by the Agfa Asanti workflow. This new installation is part of the company’s £1 million investment in the UK in new premises and equipment.
Iain Clasper-Cotte, UK managing director for Northern Flags and FaberExposize, said, ‘ We have a total of some 55 wide format printers across the group, and we diligently met with many suppliers to get the right solution for our UK business. The Avinci’s performance convinced us, coupled with the established and reliable Anapurna H3200i LED wide format inkjet printer. They may be the first, but I’m sure they won’t be the last Agfa engines purchased by the group.’
The Agfa Anapurna H3200i LED is a high-speed hybrid UV LED-curable inkjet system, and the Agfa Avinci DX3200 is an industrial dye sublimation roll-to-roll printer. Having both machines gives Northern Flags the flexibility to decide which job and which fabric should go on which machine.
