CMYKhub is expanding its manufacturing services to include a facility in far North Queensland (FNQ) after purchasing the manufacturing arm of Lotsa Printing business in Port Douglas.

Peter Martin – founder and long-time owner of Lotsa – split the business, and sold the retail operation with stores in Port Douglas, Cairns and Townsville to his general manager Marty Griffith.

Craig Graham, group operations manager, CMYKhub says, “We bought the Lotsa site to better service our customer base. We already have centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. The opportunity came up, and there is a vast distance between Brisbane and Far North Queensland.”

“All resellers of Print in FNQ will now have access to CMYKhub's trade pricing and full range of products with selected offset, digital and wide format products being produced from the Port Douglas facility.”

Trent Nankervis, managing director, CMYKhub and his team say they strongly believe in the print industry. The company says the opportunity to support both customers and employment in FNQ by manufacturing print locally will ensure that printed media continues to be a viable option for marketing of the vital tourism industry in the region.

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Graham says the opportunity to buy Lotsa came up and they see it as a good fit for the business.

“We will continue to operate as it is now, we do need to move the wide format from Cairns to Port Douglas. Marty Griffiths, general manager at Lotsa Printing has taken over the retail side and has become a customer of ours. We had a bit of negotiation to see the split suiting CMYKhub as a trade supplier, Griffiths will take the retail side and leave us to the manufacturing,” says Graham.

 “We really want to ensure we have done this based on supporting the industry and serving customers as best as we can without changing wholesale operations. We wish Marty and Peter the best for the Lotsa retail side.”

The company added, “As a trusted national trade supplier, we look forward to supplying offset, digital and wide format products to all resellers of print in Far North Queensland with support from our Brisbane team and facility.”

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