History
.....some important
dates
30 July 2007 - ACT's single
largest investment in one machine arrives for a 3 week installation
at ACT's premises. The Virtu RS35 is a 3.5m wide hybrid
rollfed and rigid UV printer with the ability to do up to
1200dpi.
18 August
2005 - ACT move to new premises - trading up to 12500
sqft - a 70% increase.
8 October
2002 - ACT's biggest investment to date which
included:
- an upgrade of the Lightjet 5000 to the Lightjet 430, 5 times
faster, 20% larger print area.
- Zund UV Inkjet - the first straight to substrate printer in
Wales.
- Scitex 3.2m wide banner printer - first in Wales.
- Zund 3m x 2.2m digital die cutter - first in Wales and one of
only 6 in the UK.
- Axyz 3m x 1.5m cnc router.
7 June 2000
- Installation of Wales's first large format photographic printer,
Lightjet 5000, which printed supreme quality on Fuji photographic
paper. This was installed on the back of one contract - lightbox
graphics for Boston Scientific.
15 January
1998 - Installation of the PP1000's big brother,
PP5000 with speeds up to 16sqm/hr and also the first machine
available using 6 colours for better quality. The addition of Light
Magenta and Light Cyan to the standard Cyan (C), Magenta (M),
Yellow (Y), Black (K) colours set making a huge difference.
19 May 1997
- Installation of ACT's new PP1000 Rastergraphics Inkjet. Great
quality but painfully slow - 1 sqm/hr.
11 December
1994 - Following a long campaign to receive funding
from The Welsh Office, NatWest and British Coal this date marks the
installation of an electrostatic plotter as one of only 50
companies in the UK with this technology.
17 March
1994 - ACT started trading.
ACT's comprehensive print and
finishing production facilities ensure that a wide array of
projects have been completed including popups, banner stands, banners, building wraps, fabric graphics,
vehicle liveries, signs, backlit media, exhibition graphics, billboards,
adshels and much more.