Hay RiverSA国际影视传媒檚 Poison Graphics is undergoing a significant upgrade of equipment and an expansion of its working space.

Derek Mundy, the owner/operator of Poison Graphics, said about $760,000 is being invested into the changes.

One of the cornerstones of the upgrades is the arrival on May 31 of a massive new printer, called the HP R2000 latex printer.

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The new printer will mean a huge increase in production.

The first job for the new printer was an SA国际影视传媒楨very Child MattersSA国际影视传媒� sign, which is now on the fence of Diamond Jenness Secondary School.

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Along with being faster, the new printer can do larger jobs.

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Plus, he noted it will also provide better quality.

Mundy believes the new printer should mean more business for Poison Graphics, noting it is only one of 30 such machines in all of Canada.

The $230,000 printer was purchased with $100,000 of support from the territorial governmentSA国际影视传媒檚 inaugural NWT Manufacturing Innovation and Technology Contribution.

An additional change at Poison Graphics has been the arrival of another major piece of equipment, a new computer numerical control (CNC) machine, which was still waiting to be installed last week.

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With the changes at the companySA国际影视传媒檚 printing shop on Vale Island, more room was needed, so Poison Graphics has added a new office trailer next to its main building.

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The changes were so significant that there had to be an increase in power supplied to the main printing shop.