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Using their SFX ULTRA™ model , GroundWOW ® printed the tenth anniversary design directly onto the perfect canvas at one of the world ’ s leading training and educational establishments .
Created pixel by pixel , the image contained the highly decorative design intricacies of the Three Lions as part of an activation that measured a whopping 400 square metres in size . The whole activation was a class act completed in time for the Home of England Football to welcome The Prince of Wales , President of the FA .
This print was the debut of the SFX ULTRA™ system , and there was no better place for this than St George ’ s Park . The Staffordshire facility oversees the development of elite English football in a performance-first environment , a fitting location therefore for GroundWOW ® to demonstrate its transformative technology that is taking on the sports sector with a performance-first approach .
Another standout moment for the innovators was at Emirates Old Trafford , home of Lancashire Cricket . The objective was to print a giant logo for the University Academy 92 ( UA92 ), measuring 5m wide by 9.5m long , in a tight operational window in time for the Lancashire v Derbyshire encounter . UA92 Manchester Academy , which is located directly opposite the cricket ground , is a higher education institute formed by the Manchester United ‘ Class of ‘ 92 ’ with football legends including Gary Neville , Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes among the group .
This project required the use of the SFX MAX™ ground printer which has a 3m wide printer head attached making it faster to print bigger images .
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