“We used the slower moments of the pandemic to take a long and hard look at our own organisation and visualise the business we really want to be, thereafter we fully initiated the steps required to move us towards the vision we created.”  Comments Nevelle Bower, Innova Art Ltd CEO.

The first step in this direction was to notice that, as we enter our 19th year in business, we have become, an industry leading manufacture of digital fine-art and photographic media with a high-quality sheet and roll converting facility. We recognised that our skills and capabilities could be offered across a much broader digital and imaging media range. Therefore we took the initiative to expand and increase our capabilities in order to offer our experience and services to others just as markets turned their attention to more regional solutions. We added four batch-slitters, a reel-to-reel master roll slitter and a state-of-the-art (semi-automatic) sheeting line with packing processes to our already very capable facility. 

Adding these 6 new machines have increased the production capabilities from 2000 finished rolls per month to 12000, with sheeting and packing potentials up more than 100%. All of this we  achieved while maintaining a strict COViD safety policy with socially-distanced workstations spaced much further apart than the governments required 2m divisions.

We are growing responsibly
The resulting growth in the last quarter of 2020, even though planned and targeted, has created a consequential pressure on the storage space required to hold the increased raw materials and support the through-put of finished goods. So, as part of our forward vision, we have moved forward with the planning permission previously granted to build an additional warehouse at the rear of the main factory. The work is scheduled to begin in August 2021.

The first COViD lockdown in March, through May, in 2020 resulted in some areas of our business experiencing a drop in sales, especially (and significantly) in the retail segments. Nevertheless, we were able to quickly adapt and respond through the vision actioned, securing new business, utilising the production capacity mentioned above, to conclude the financial year with a slight increase in turnover on the previous year. With the retail segments now returning with significant volumes, Innova Art Ltd. is on target to report record growth by the end of this current financial year.

Furthermore, during the pandemic we focussed on our commitment to quality by expanding on an already well established “Lean thinking” and “Lean management” philosophy by working towards, building, and ultimately achieving the prestigious ISO 9001 certification for Innova Art Ltd. https://innovaart.com/iso90012015-certification-for-innova-art/ 

Innova Art takes its social responsibilities seriously, and so in addition to the 100KW solar panel system installed at our production facility to reduce our carbon footprint, Innova Art is committed to supporting a sustainable future for all. In order to bring our attention to the forestry commissions and further our environmental story, Innova Art has undergone FSC-Chain-of-Custody certification for the relevant products and is actively seeking other exercises that will benefit society. https://innovaart.com/archival-and-environmental-standards/

Forward to the Future
Innova Art Ltd. has a progressive attitude, and a hunger to succeed now and in the future. With a fully focussed management team we are able and willing to continually take on the challenges businesses today face with a positive and opportunistic intention. But our vision doesn’t end there, we recognise that the future is always just in front of us and, Innova’s management team is clearly focused on the next steps as we continue to expand and build a future able to realise the potentials ahead of us.

As we move forward into the new ‘normal’, there are exciting new products on the horizon, enhanced customer support and the reintroduction of live trade shows later this year. Our vision for an eco friendly future whilst preserving the beauty and wonder of the printed form in a sustainable way will ensure the printed art form should not be lost.

We have grown up and are striding forward into our future! We hope you will join us….

Returning for the second year of The Photography Show, Innova Art will cut a dash with the UK launch of their new re brand. On show will be the full portfolio of popular inkjet papers from Innova, as well as, the sought-after JetMaster Display Systems range. Visit stand E62 at The Photography Show, The NEC, Birmingham, 21-24 March 2015 to stock up on quality print media.

Great savings will be offered on Innova’s products by reseller Fine Art Foto. These include A4 and A3 packs of papers in Innova’s revolutionary FibaPrint® range including; FibaPrint® Baryta 310gsm (IFA 69) and FibaPrint® Warm Cotton Gloss 335gsm (IFA 45). In the Fine Art range packs of Cold Press Rough Textured Natural White 315gsm (IFA 13), with the classic texture and feel of a traditional watercolour paper, will be available at a special show discount. Stop by stand E62 to see more exciting offers on all products by Innova.

And remember, offers on Innova Art digital media mean savings today and tomorrow. Exceptional image quality allied to the archival properties of Innova papers means that images that make maximum impact now are also safely preserved for posterity.

Keith Cooper of Northlight Images recommends Cold Press Rough Textured Natural White 315gsm (IFA 13): “If you get the chance to try some samples, don’t pass by the heavier papers with a richer surface – it might be just what your image needs.”

For US photographer Mike Earussi, Innova Art’s FibaPrint® Warm Cotton Gloss 335gsm (IFA 45) offers exactly what he needs: “I use it all the time for my cards. Best paper on the market for that purpose.”

New additions in the ever popular Olmec range include the ultra-white 260gsm Lustre, a further variant of the popular Gloss and Satin versions of the Olmec resin coated papers, and the bright white 310gsm Photo Pearl Premium, with a distinctive smooth pearl surface. A silk-finish fibre baryta (with a true baryta base) and two exciting metallic papers offering outstanding contrast and rich blacks, Photo Metallic Gloss and Photo Metallic Lustre, have also been added.

Photographers will also welcome two heavyweight photo canvases in the Olmec range, available in both Matte and Gloss coated versions.

Innova Art Cards are the ideal way to expand a photographer’s business opportunities. With their appealing natural white tone and luxurious, velvety smooth matte finish, Art Cards mean photographers can produce custom-designed, short-run cards with ease. The fully archival, inkjet receptive card is double-side coated, meaning image, greeting and other elements can be printed internally and externally. The cards are pre-scored and are available in two sizes with matching envelopes. Photoshop templates are provided to assist with layout.

Look out for the award-winning JetMaster Display Systems range by Innova, great for DIY image display: the JetMaster Photo Wrap, can be created by mounting your print onto a pre-cut and perforated board, giving the effect of a canvas wrap and the JetMaster Photo Panel, which offers elegant, frame-free block mounts for the desktop, counter or wall in minutes.

“Innova celebrated ten years as a company recently and wanted to re-energise the look and range,” said Jon Courtiour, Sales and Marketing Director. “At The Photography Show, we’ll be helping our customers look as sharp with some irresistible offers.”

www.finertfoto.co.uk

Returning for the second year of The Photography Show, Innova Art will cut a dash with the UK launch of their new re brand. On show will be the full portfolio of popular inkjet papers from Innova, as well as, the sought-after JetMaster Display Systems range. Visit stand E62 at The Photography Show, The NEC, Birmingham, 21-24 March 2015 to stock up on quality print media.

Great savings will be offered on Innova’s products by reseller Fine Art Foto. These include A4 and A3 packs of papers in Innova’s revolutionary FibaPrint® range including; FibaPrint® Baryta 310gsm (IFA 69) and FibaPrint® Warm Cotton Gloss 335gsm (IFA 45). In the Fine Art range packs of Cold Press Rough Textured Natural White 315gsm (IFA 13), with the classic texture and feel of a traditional watercolour paper, will be available at a special show discount. Stop by stand E62 to see more exciting offers on all products by Innova.

And remember, offers on Innova Art digital media mean savings today and tomorrow. Exceptional image quality allied to the archival properties of Innova papers means that images that make maximum impact now are also safely preserved for posterity.

Keith Cooper of Northlight Images recommends Cold Press Rough Textured Natural White 315gsm (IFA 13): “If you get the chance to try some samples, don’t pass by the heavier papers with a richer surface – it might be just what your image needs.”

For US photographer Mike Earussi, Innova Art’s FibaPrint® Warm Cotton Gloss 335gsm (IFA 45) offers exactly what he needs: “I use it all the time for my cards. Best paper on the market for that purpose.”

New additions in the ever popular Olmec range include the ultra-white 260gsm Lustre, a further variant of the popular Gloss and Satin versions of the Olmec resin coated papers, and the bright white 310gsm Photo Pearl Premium, with a distinctive smooth pearl surface. A silk-finish fibre baryta (with a true baryta base) and two exciting metallic papers offering outstanding contrast and rich blacks, Photo Metallic Gloss and Photo Metallic Lustre, have also been added.

Photographers will also welcome two heavyweight photo canvases in the Olmec range, available in both Matte and Gloss coated versions.

Innova Art Cards are the ideal way to expand a photographer’s business opportunities. With their appealing natural white tone and luxurious, velvety smooth matte finish, Art Cards mean photographers can produce custom-designed, short-run cards with ease. The fully archival, inkjet receptive card is double-side coated, meaning image, greeting and other elements can be printed internally and externally. The cards are pre-scored and are available in two sizes with matching envelopes. Photoshop templates are provided to assist with layout.

Look out for the award-winning JetMaster Display Systems range by Innova, great for DIY image display: the JetMaster Photo Wrap, can be created by mounting your print onto a pre-cut and perforated board, giving the effect of a canvas wrap and the JetMaster Photo Panel, which offers elegant, frame-free block mounts for the desktop, counter or wall in minutes.

“Innova celebrated ten years as a company recently and wanted to re-energise the look and range,” said Jon Courtiour, Sales and Marketing Director. “At The Photography Show, we’ll be helping our customers look as sharp with some irresistible offers.”

www.finertfoto.co.uk

The recent Salon de la Photo show in Paris marked the debut of the new look Innova branding in France. Reports from the show indicate that the new image for the company was well recieved and that Innova is steadily gaining a reputation in France for having a beautiful range of papers.

All the companies on the stand in Paris mentioned that they felt the customer base was stronger than at the Salon de la Photo show last year, many people attended the stand actively seeking fine art papers, for their own use as well as for use as an alternative to the papers stocked in photo labs – proving that print is not dead and will surely be around for the foreseable future.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our distributors in France who were representing the Innova brand at the show, if you are based in France and would like to purchase any of the products produced by Innova please visit any of the following websites;

www.papier-innova.fr

www.jimagin.com

www.A4etplus.com

The recent Salon de la Photo show in Paris marked the debut of the new look Innova branding in France. Reports from the show indicate that the new image for the company was well recieved and that Innova is steadily gaining a reputation in France for having a beautiful range of papers.

All the companies on the stand in Paris mentioned that they felt the customer base was stronger than at the Salon de la Photo show last year, many people attended the stand actively seeking fine art papers, for their own use as well as for use as an alternative to the papers stocked in photo labs – proving that print is not dead and will surely be around for the foreseable future.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our distributors in France who were representing the Innova brand at the show, if you are based in France and would like to purchase any of the products produced by Innova please visit any of the following websites;

www.papier-innova.fr

www.jimagin.com

www.A4etplus.com