Wideformat Print Solutions’ (WPS’) new showroom was set up in Cape Town in early May. The main product focus is Eurotech, as according the company’s director David Fenn, the Cape Town market for flatbed machines has an installation base roughly of over 300.
‘Visitors have the opportunity to see our latest Eurotech high speed flatbed offering. But there’s also our latest hybrid (flatbed and roll-to-roll in one) 3.2m Eurotech machine. That also fits very well into the Cape Town market because there’s many companies that process a lot of PVC – a lot of banner material that is 3.2m wide – and this is a high speed, high quality machine,’ said Fenn.
The Q33hPro hybrid printer accommodates up to 9 printheads, but users can choose between a 3, 6 or 9 set of heads. With 9 heads, the machine can print up to 180sqm/h.
The Ultra 2512S flatbed printer can accommodate up to 16 printheads, and users can choose between a set of 3, 6, 9 or 12. With 16 heads, the printer can print up to 300sqm/h. Each printer has a CMYK configuration, with a white and varnish option.
Visitors to the showroom can bring their materials that they print on daily, as well as their artwork, and get them printed, to see the quality and speed differences of these machines compared to the machines that they currently have at their businesses.
The showroom is located across the road from the WPS Cape Town office at 3 Gold Street, Northgate Estate, Ysterplaat, Cape Town.
‘At the Sign Africa Expo, held from 14-15 May, we also had a technician from overseas, from the factory where the machines are from. That allowed us to set up the machines, which we saw for the first time, in the showroom before the expo, and test them.’
New Website
‘The launch of the website tied in very well with everything we did for the Cape Town expo and setting up at the showroom.’
‘Visitors can see all the latest Agfa machines for example. As of the last six to eight months, Agfa has released quite a number of newer and much bigger machines, and the website features all the product details, brochures and technical specifications. It also has information on the latest Eurotech machines.’
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‘With the numbers and the quality of the people that came through, the show was a roaring success. We also won the ‘best medium sized stand’ award, which was really good.’
Fenn also said the company sold all the machines on its stand. ‘A lot of visitors from the expo have already been to the showroom and placed their orders, and I’m expecting more people to visit.’
‘We will definitely return to the Johannesburg expo in September. We’re a new company and it was the first time for us to get our name out to the public. Of course it’s shows like these that allow us to do exactly that. We’ll have a much bigger stand where I hope to have not just Eurotech machines, but also Agfa machines, for which we are the agents.’
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info@wideformat.co.za / david@wideformat.co.za
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