Three Fujifilm Acuity Printers Help Graphicscalve Of Bergamo Move Into High Quality Interior Design And Visual Marketing Solutions

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Italian Print Business Grows Its Visual Communication Department, Investing In Fujifilm’s Acuity LED 1600R, Acuity LED 3200R And Acuity Select

Founded over 40 years ago as an artisan typography house, Graphicscalve - located in the Italian province of Bergamo - has transformed itself over the last few decades into an important player in the Italian graphics industry.

The company produces a mix of litho and digital printing for its clients, who come from a wide variety of sectors from publishing to large-scale retail.

To help grow its visual communication department, in February 2021 Graphicscalve invested in a new digital printing production facility to enable it to offer high quality interior design and visual marketing solutions.

Key to this investment were two roll-to-roll and one flatbed printer from Fujifilm's Acuity range - the Acuity LED 1600R, Acuity LED 3200R and Acuity Select.

"We are engaged with multiple sectors and our mission in each is to provide high quality products at the best prices," say Ezio and Walter Ferrari, Owners at Graphicscalve. "Quality and precision are what we pride ourselves on and we can proudly say we can guarantee offset quality with all the advantages of digital printing. We know that maintaining the standards in quality that the customers expect of us will require the most advanced equipment the print industry has to offer - that's why we're delighted to have three printers from Fujifilm's Acuity range at our new site. Each has different qualities that will help us to provide our customers with a 360o solution, no matter what their needs are."

Ferrari singles out the key points that led to the investment. "We did a lot of market research to be sure we were investing in the very best. The strengths that attracted us to all three machines were the print quality and the performance - we also have people working at Graphicscalve who had previous knowledge of these printers and their capabilities.”

"When we look to acquire new equipment, we never look for a simple partner or a one-off solution. We always evaluate the potential of an investment and want to make sure it can grow with us as a business. The print market - when we look at recent times - is very unpredictable. Every company must look to improve its flexibility, dynamism, and attention to the environment in order to stay relevant and significant to its customer base. Fujifilm is a company very much attuned to our ethos and we're delighted to have them on board to help us grow - we were already aware of their excellence and appreciate them as a global player and leader in the industries in which they operate."

About Fujifilm Europe

Fujifilm first penetrated into overseas markets primarily through its Imaging Solutions business.

The company established a German subsidiary in charge of the comprehensive management of its European operations in 1966 and a manufacturing company in the Netherlands which was tasked with manufacturing color paper and color films in 1982.

Today, FUJIFILM Europe GmbH (Duesseldorf, Germany) acts as Strategic Headquarters for the region and supports its group companies in Europe by formulating marketing and corporate strategies.

In addition, FUJIFILM Europe B.V. (Tilburg, The Netherlands) covers the logistics, finance and procurement control functions for the entire European market.

Fujifilm also operates a number of manufacturing sites throughout the region, among them FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V. in Tilburg, The Netherlands, as a  flagship manufacturing base in Europe for the production of color paper and offset plates, as well as FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals Europe N.V. (Kruibeke, Belgium), a manufacturer of chemicals for the photographic and graphic arts markets.

Nowadays Fujifilm entities operate in over 55 group companies in Europe and employ more than 4.000 people engaged in R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service support.

Throughout Europe they serve a range of industries including medical, life science, graphic arts, electronic materials, chemical, optics, recording media, motion picture, and photographic technologies.