Mutoh Europe signs up Grupo FB as Distributor in Spain for its desktop UV LED Direct-to-Object Printers

Oostende, Belgium. Mutoh Europe nv, EMEA business unit of Mutoh Industries Co. Ltd., Japan, announces that it has appointed the Valencia-based company GRUPO FB Maquinaria S.A. as Mutoh Certified Distributor for its award winning XpertJet 461UF and 661UF UV LED A3+/A2+ desktop printers for Spain.

Frank Schenk, General Manager Sales at Mutoh Europe, says : “We are very pleased to welcome Grupo FB into our network of distributors. The local market presence, market development strategy and last but not least the strong pre- and after sales capabilities of Grupo FB is well regarded in the Spanish market. With their long time experience in object personalization and decoration, we feel that Grupo FB will only add value and brand awareness to our direct-to-object XpertJet LED UV printers in the Spanish market”.

Francisco Fandos, Senior Manager and Director of Grupo FB Maquinaria S.A. comments : “We are very excited to become a Mutoh Distributor for their DTO printers. As one of the key suppliers of solutions for object personalization and decoration in Spain, we are constantly looking to offer the best and newest digital print solutions to our customers. Mutoh made in Japan DTO printers have an excellent reputation in the market and are technologically advanced solutions.”

“Adding these products into our portfolio will enable us to address the ever fastly evolving market trend for personalization and customization, including the growing and very interesting e-commerce opportunities we see”, Fandos concludes.

Guillaume Santana, Area Sales Manager France, Spain and Maghreb for Mutoh Europe says : “The addition of Grupo FB will further strengthen Mutoh’s position in the Spanish market, ensuring a professional approach in how our products are offered and supported. Grupo FB have specialist resellers in every province in Spain. They have central warehousing facilities and a fully equipped demonstration center in Valencia including on-line video facilities to introduce our DTO UV printers to interested customers, as well as an experienced in-house technical support and marketing team.”

“We are looking forward working with Grupo FB”, Santana concludes.

About Mutoh’s XpertJet DTO printers

Developed and manufactured in Japan, the XpertJet A3+/A2+ sized desktop flatbed printers – Mutoh’s second generation DTO printers - feature various product enhancements such as an extended print area, a new multi-language intuitive OLED display, new cosmetics and a new pioneering innovation called Local Dimming Control technology.

The XPJ-461UF and XPJ-661UF printers will respond to the increasing demand for added value personalised prints and bespoke small-lot production of commercial and industrial print applications. Typical applications encompass personalised and/or branded gifts and souvenirs, packaging, prototypes, decorative tiles, circular objects (bottles), awards, figurines and models, custom components, small to medium format rigid signage and much more.

Both printers can be setup in either CMYK or in CMYK + White + Varnish configuration and are suited for direct printing onto a wide variety of materials including three dimensional objects up to 15 cm thick. Printing on dark coloured or clear substrates is also possible thanks to the use of white inks. Special added value finishing like spotvarnish or even stunning special effects such as special structures or embossing are possible thanks to dedicated varnish inks.