Direct-to-film (DTF) equipment and consumables producer Resolute is about to open a brand new R&D facility, which it mentioned could be the UK’s first devoted to DTF and direct-to-substrate (DTS) printing.
Following Resolute’s transfer to purpose-built premises in March 2024, the corporate has grown at such a pace that it requires considerably more room than anticipated, based on Colin Marsh, the agency’s managing director.
The corporate’s predominant 930sqm facility is at the moment present process additional constructing work – initially slated for 2025 – so as to add an additional 930sqm first flooring; even with this enlargement, the corporate wanted additional house to hold out its R&D work, Marsh advised Printweek.
“We had enlargement plans for years one and two after we moved in – however we drastically underestimated our charge of development,” he defined.
“That got here so quickly that we had no room for R&D, which is a vital a part of our enterprise: so we’ve acquired two new items reverse [the new site], which could be very handy.”
Shifting into the items on the finish of November, Resolute will instantly get to work on a thriller machine that can have the ability to print each on textiles and extra conventional substrates, slated for launch in Q1 2025.
“Clearly we are able to’t have folks it whereas it’s in improvement – however it’s resulting from launch subsequent February,” he mentioned.
“It’s geared toward industrial printers, not particularly textile printers or display screen printers, however they are going to be . Basically, it should make it an entire lot simpler for industrial printers to diversify whereas dealing with the work they’re doing already, which is perhaps sheetfed or internet, and the identical tools can address textiles as nicely.”
Resolute’s present lineup of equipment is predominantly geared in direction of increased manufacturing DTF switch printers that may additionally print onto giant format aqueous [ink] media as nicely, like posters and labels.
The agency’s focus is on enabling printers to hitch the dots between totally different verticals, Marsh added.
“The slicing tools that goes with [the machines] goes hand-in-hand, so you possibly can produce variable information labels in your DTF machine, moderately than purchase one other costly digital press to do it – we’re speaking for brief runs, moderately than 1000’s of sheets.
“We’re upscaling in that space, so we’ll go greater and sooner to permit folks to print variable information packages.”
Resolute employs 27 at its website in Clay Cross, south of Chesterfield.
