NUR Macroprinters and Visutech - Teaming up in Pursuit of Scandinavia


LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, April 17 // -- NUR Macroprinters (NURMF.PK), a leading supplier of
wide-format inkjet production presses for the printing industry, has announced that it has joined forces with Visutech, the leading distributor of printing equipment in Scandinavia. With NUR's full range of wide-format printing solutions and Visutech's established recognition in the region, this partnership is in position to win a significantly larger share of the Scandinavian printing market.

NUR in Partnership with Visutech

NUR's ongoing strategy of attracting professional business partners to its European division has resulted in a team that will be hard to beat. NUR and Visutech have recently concluded an agreement for the exclusive distribution, sales and marketing of NUR printers, inks and services in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. Visutech is a well-known distributor of equipment to the Scandinavian printing industry. With a large customer base in the region, Visutech knows it needs to provide the best and most comprehensive set of solutions to keep its customers ahead of the competition.

"This agreement means we'll carry the full line in large format printers, which our customers have been asking for. The range will suit and complement our customers perfectly," says Jan-Olof Jungersten, Managing Director for Visutech.

"Visutech is the perfect partner to head our efforts in Scandinavia. Their reputation and knowledge of our products is excellent. It's a perfect match for us, and one that will be of great benefit to our customers." said Mr. Andy Middleton, Managing Director of NUR Europe SA.

NUR Macroprinters and Visutech represent an excellent partnership for effectively meeting the needs of the printing industry in Scandinavia and the Baltic regions resulting in considerable growth in NUR's market share and helping it to succeed in a highly competitive environment.

NUR at Sign Scandinavia 2007

Sign Scandinavia is the only trade fair in Scandinavia for the sign and display industry. It is the premiere event for the sign making industry in the region attracting visitors from the wide-format printing industry, including digital printing and screen printing.

NUR will be exhibiting at Sign Scandinavia this year at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden from April
17- 19, 2007. "The Scandinavian market, having a strong economic standing, is no doubt a significant part of the entire European market. Sign Scandinavia offers us the best venue for starting our market advancement here together with Visutech", said Thibault Dejaiffe, Director of Marketing, NUR Macroprinters Europe. "Our presence at Sign Scandinavia will provide us the greatest exposure to the key players in the printing industry of this important region", added Mr. Dejaiffe.

The NUR Expedio(TM) 3200 will be on display at the exhibition at NUR's booth B02:22. The NUR Expedio 5000 will be in action on STORBILDSBOLAGET on stand nr. B09-12. The company just purchased the EXPEDIO in addition to the NUR FRESCO and 2 of NUR's Blueboards. This is an excellent opportunity for STORBILDSBOLAGET to show the machine in action to a wide audience.

NUR at the International Sign Expo in April 2007

NUR Macroprinters exhibited some of its latest innovations earlier this month at the International Sign Expo (ISA) in Las Vegas.
Visitors from all over the industry came to see these latest additions to wide-format printing:

NUR Expedio(TM) 5000 Revolution will revolutionize the market for billboards providing the lowest cost per sq.m /hr - at a speed of incredible 300 sq.m (3,200 sq.ft) /hr! In addition, the NUR Expedio(TM) 5000 Revolution enables 4 times the ink coverage of most solvent-based printers making it now cost effective to print with UV inks.

The new NUR Expedio(TM) 3200 Flatbed Module includes a simple feeder, which enables a quick changeover between roll-fed and rigid printing, underscoring the flexibility of a flatbed machine. The increased media versatility facilitates the printing of a wide variety of applications from point of purchase to billboard. A top class hybrid!

NUR Tempo(TM) Q, released last month, this higher resolution version of NUR's popular flatbed UV-inkjet production printer produces print speeds of up to 100 sq.m (1,070 sq.ft) /hr. The NUR Tempo TM Q prints directly on both rigid and roll-fed substrates and is designed to produce very high image quality of up to true 1,270 x 800 dpi for a broad range of wide-format printing applications.

The new NUR Tango is designed to bring an unprecedented level of cost-effectiveness to the wide-format printing market and is set to become the machine of choice for middle-sized print shops. Printing at speeds of up to 87 sq.m (934 sq.ft) /hr for outdoor applications and 40 sq.m (430
sq.ft) /hr for high-quality, point-of-purchase applications, makes it the most attractive, versatile solution on the market today.

About Visutech

Visutech is a major supplier of digital solutions for the graphic arts industry in the Scandinavian market. Visutech is a media group with operations in the Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Headquarters are in Gothenburg.

For more information, visit www.visutech.se.

About NUR Macroprinters Ltd.

NUR Macroprinters (NURMF.PK) is a leading supplier of wide-format inkjet presses for the printing industry. NUR develops, manufactures and markets wide-format inkjet production presses and high-quality companion inks for a wide variety of business enterprises including commercial printing companies, sign printers, screen printers, billboard and media companies, photo labs, and digital printing service providers. NUR's cost-effective, reliable printing solutions are helping customers worldwide deliver the high quality and fast turnaround they need to meet their clients' exacting demands and succeed in today's competitive marketplace.

More information about NUR Macroprinters is available at www.nur.com.

Source: Nur Macroprinters Ltd.

Contact: Thibault Dejaiffe, Marketing Director Europe, +32-478-87-80-57, thibaultd@nur.com

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