GPA Expands Its Substrate Offerings for the Wide-Format Digital Press Market

CHICAGO—April 23, 2015—Due to demand from the market and customers, GPA proudly announces that it is expanding its offering of substrates for wide-format presses. GPA first announced its entry into the wide-format market at GRAPH EXPO 14 with the launch of its Wide-format Product Catalog, featuring Concept Media Solutions. As demand has grown, GPA has expanded its offering to fulfill the diverse needs of its customers.

As established experts in pressure sensitive and specialty applications, the entry into the wide-format market was a natural extension of GPA’s substrates for offset and digital printing. Many of GPA’s customers already own wide-format press equipment; now, they can look to GPA as a single source of substrates for the unique needs of their pressroom.

GPA’s offering for wide-format presses includes:

• White, Clear and Translucent Vinyl
• Static Cling Vinyl
• Floor and Carpet Graphics
• Wall Graphics
• Vehicle Wraps
• Window and Perforated Graphics
• Pressure Sensitive Paper
• Mounting Films and Laminates

GPA’s growing line of Concept Media Solutions is available in a huge variety of face materials, adhesives and liners to accommodate the largest variety of applications and printing processes. All of these items are stocked nationally for immediate service.

GPA’s new wide-format product offering can help GPA’s customers expand into higher margin specialty media applications and engage with new customers in a broad range of vertical markets. Some of today’s most lucrative vertical markets include: point-of-purchase, regional grocery and restaurant chains, displays, prototypes, sports and entertainment events, hospitality and conventions.

About GPA
GPA is the premier source for specialty substrates and solutions for offset, digital, and wide-format printing. Products include coated and uncoated papers, pressure sensitive and specialty papers, synthetic films and substrates exclusively engineered for HP Indigo and other digital presses. GPA is an HP Indigo Preferred Partner and a Diamond Partner of Dscoop (Digital Solutions Cooperative). GPA is part of the Fedrigoni Group, a leading international producer and converter of value-added specialty papers founded in 1888.

Source: GPA.