email: news@signlink.co.uk 7 INDUSTRY / NEWS Issue 249 - October / November 2023 Editorial: 0117 980 5040 Sales: 0117 960 3255 Ultraflex Europe has named Jim Fox as its sales director almost three years on from its acquisition of Mayday Graphic Products in 2020. Fox joined Mayday Graphic Products in 1991 and worked there for 26 years before being part of an MBO of the business in 2017. He was managing director of the company when it was taken over by Ultraflex in 2020. The merging of the two businesses has since been described as having accelerated growth and Ultraflex Europe is now a substantially sized business supplying wide-format digital print media. “I’ve enjoyed being a part of the consolidation and I’m looking forward to focusing on driving sales,” Fox says, adding: “We now supply several larger direct customers and distributors with a much broader range of products. These include rigid and roll medias like first-class mesh, front-lit, back-lit, and block out outdoor banners, printable textiles, rigid foam PVC board, and many speciality materials.” Carousel Lights illuminates Harvey Nichols restaurant Multi-award-winning British lighting and signage producer, Carousel Lights, was chosen to illuminate Harvey Nichols’ famous ‘The Fifth Floor’ restaurant with stunning signage. Having expanded to 14 locations globally, the well-known retailer turned to Carousel Lights to design and produce decorative lighting for its restaurant windows, creating a standout feature. Carousel Lights has worked with Harvey Nichols on many occasions including the iconic 2020 post-pandemic Christmas windows where Carousel supplied the BAH HUMBUG – BRING ON 2021! Neon SuperFlex signage which was widely featured across the national press. For the new lighting in Harvey Nichols’ ‘The Fifth Floor’ restaurant, Carousel Lights used RGBQ LED tape fitted inside 2m metal channels with an opal face for even distribution of light. From this, colour changes and animated sequences can be created with a push of a button on a handheld remote. Lights can also be dimmed to produce the desired ambience with subtle colour hues, or the opposite effect can be achieved with a multi-colour display with lights changing colour and flashing on and off. From this one system, hundreds of different colour themes can be achieved such as pink or red for Valentine’s Day, multicoloured for Pride, or green for St Patrick's Day. “The team at Harvey Nichols are an absolute joy to work with and we were honoured to have been appointed by them for this project,” says Ben Reynolds, co-founder of Carousel Lights. The lighting can be changed depending on the desired ambience for different themes Jim Fox has been appointed as sales director of Ultraflex Europe Ultraflex names sales director Stylo celebrates creative print Stylo recently invited designers and clients to an event which demonstrated its creative print capabilities. Hosted in Bounce, London, Stylo hosted a gallery of art pieces printed using the swissQprint Kudu with texture and movement using Styglow neon inks all under a backlight setting. Described as an excellent addition to Stylo’s printer family, the Kudu has ten colour channels with two dedicated to StyGlow neon ink and the others providing CMYK, Lc, Lm, Varnish, and White. Printing to a size of 3,240 x 2,030mm and a roll width of 3,200mm with up to 50m clearance, Stylo can print on a wide range of substrates. The machine also offers environmental credentials running off just 2.2kWh, the same as the average kettle. Stylo will be hosting more events to celebrate the printer’s arrival over the coming months and the company also welcomes anyone to pay a visit to its production facility which is described as a ‘Playground for Creatives’. Stylo hosted an event to showcase the capabilities of its new swissQprint Kudu PSCo steps ahead with new LED floor Trade-only display specialist PSCo has announced the launch of new high resolution LED floor display, Absen MR2.5. Exclusively available from PSCo in the UK for trade-only rental and purchase, Absen MR2.5 is supplied in 2.5mm pixel pitch and uses a GOB SMD packaging process, which the supplier says results in deep blacks with a non-reflective surface. The MR2.5 features a high-strength frame design with a maximum load-bearing capacity of 2,500kg/sq m, is covered with a matte finish that makes it easy to clean, and has a scratch-resistant layer. In addition, the new solution can be combined with Absen PL2.5 Pro Brompton LED walls to create seamless floor-to-wall 2.5mm displays running from the same Brompton controllers. Tom Allott, asset manager at PSCo, comments: “As a trade-only supplier of the latest display innovations, we have been blown away by the MR2.5 LED floor which has been carefully developed by Absen over the last few years.” The Absen MR2.5 was made available in the UK from September Carys Evans Carys Evans
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