ARC-UK is on a mission to quadruple turnover in the next two years and has invested in further Océ Arizona technology to drive this growth.
The purchase of the Océ Arizona 460 GT comes as part of a £2 million investment in the UK business following continued growth in its large format colour business which has become very well established over the last six years.
The company is now targeting the retail sector to achieve its aims. ‘This is the second Arizona we have installed in the last 18 months, joining an Arizona 480 XT to increase our production capacity as we continue to win new business and diversify our offering in retail,’ said John Snell, managing director, ARC-UK. ‘Our escalation plans in the UK have already seen us increase headcount from 26 to 100 in an 18 month period, as well as expand into new 14,000 sq/ft premises in central London.’
The company has flourished from a £3 million business in early 2013 to a £10 million operation today through both acquisition and organic growth. The company anticipates a similar increase again over the next two years.
‘Previously, ARC has been well recognised internationally for producing monochrome technical documents for the AEC, financial and legal sectors, but now is the time to really show what we can do with colour,’ added Mr Snell. ‘Established clients in the retail sector like to see new suppliers coming into the market with fresh ideas and that is what we are doing. A recent project saw our installation teams erecting a 23 x 10m wall, printed on an Arizona, overnight at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham; quite an eye catcher!’
The Océ Arizona 460 GT produces high image quality on both rigid and flexible media up to 1.25 m x 2.5 m. With six independent ink channels and Océ
VariaDot imaging technology, it offers varnish capabilities with spot and flood gloss effects and white ink to print on coloured media at up to 32.8 msq/hr.
