Ink World staff01.19.21
Innovative Displays, with headquarters in Mississauga, Canada, installed a third Agfa wide-format printer recently – the Jeti Tauro H3300 LED – as it expands into corrugated displays and packaging.
Under the guidance of President Michael Foley, the company invests about $250,000 each year in R&D, has a staff of 60, can print on just about every substrate imaginable (from paper to acrylic to cement to metal), and has a huge cutting-edge equipment repertoire capable of handling virtually any print project. This includes cylindrical objects, POS/POP displays, digital signage, vehicle and building graphics, and many others.
With its custom fabrication capabilities, the company has also become a trusted turnkey solution for all types of signage and displays. Innovative Displays currently has U.S. offices in Columbus, OH; Orlando FL; Walpole, MA and Las Vegas.
“Our Jeti Tauro H3300 LED from Agfa joined our Jeti Mira from Agfa. And because these printers are durable workhorses, we can actually push them a bit beyond their usual limitations," Foley said. "Due to this, we were also able to ship our other Agfa wide-format printer, the Jeti Tauro H2500, to our U.S. office in Columbus. "
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Innovative Displays produced many jobs for trade shows and events. When these stopped coming in, the company managed to do a quick pivot thanks to their brand new Jeti Tauro H3300 LED.
“Not only were we able to keep up with our PPE products, but we also got into packaged goods and corrugated. That business has increased exponentially," Foley said. "We’ve seen seven-figure increases due to the installation of the Jeti Tauro H3300 LED.
“We’ve been able to output larger volumes that would otherwise have gone to screen or litho presses.”
Foley’s company is also a 3M Gold Select Graphic Provider.
It has created props and backdrops for Disney Studios and shows like Star Trek and The Handmaid’s Tale, and recently helped execute a multi-million-dollar rebrand of the El Mocambo building in Toronto. The company has successfully rolled out tens of thousands of wide-format creations, including corrugated and temporary pop-up displays, high-end textile printing, and vehicle graphics for brands like McDonald’s, Best Buy, Pepsi, Kraft, Nestle, and others. It’s also a trusted partner in creating event and facility graphics.
“For world-renowned brands, color is everything. If we ship out a print today that will go next to a display that we shipped six months ago, the color has to be consistent," Foley said. "One of the things I like and that has been great with the Jeti Tauro H3300 LED is that the print quality and the output are consistent."