Digital printer/cutter manufacturer Roland DG has opened a new manufacturing facility in Bangkok, Thailand. It is Roland’s first production centre outside Japan and will focus on large-format inkjet printers. Given floods that have recently plagued the region, the factory was designed with a floor raised 1.8 m (6 ft) above ground level.

Adhesive and topcoat supplier 3 Sigma has added a wide-format specialty coating line (pictured) to its in-house operations. The new production line accommodates 2-m (80-in.) wide materials and can apply multiple coatings and/or adhesives on the front and back.

Polytype America has clarified the status of its Virtu digital wide-format ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) printer distribution business across North America, which remains active despite recent industry reports to the contrary.

Agfa Graphics has installed an Anapurna M2540 FB ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) inkjet printer at Online Print Décor’s Posterjack shop in Toronto. The company says it is the first ‘true flatbed’ Anapurna printer anywhere in Canada. Online Print Décor has been in business since 2009, printing graphics and custom artwork on posters, canvas, metal and acrylic substrates….

Ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) flatbed inkjet printer manufacturer Inca Digital opened its new manufacturing facility and head office in Cambridge, England, in late 2012, increasing floor space to 5,869 m2 (63,173 sf).

Computer numerical control (CNC) plasma cutter manufacturer Ez Router expanded its facilities in Mineola, Texas, by 2,787 m² (30,000 sf) with a new addition, including offices, a conference and more space for manufacturing, testing, packaging and shipping the company’s products.