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Roland DG is reporting a significant uptick in red and orange ink sales following its ‘50 Shades of Red’ marketing campaign to showcase its TrueVis technology.

Entry is now open for the Creative Retail Awards, which are making a comeback in 2024 with updated categories including Festive Display, Window Scheme, In-Store Scheme and Creative Collaboration.

Enfocus has made its head of customer success, Tim Bernaerdt, a director of the company. His replacement is yet to be appointed. 

Hybrid Services will show three new Mimaki printers at Sign and Digital UK ( 25-27 February, NEC). The newcomers are a pair of LED UV printers and the company’s fastest direct-to-film model.

Fespa UK is to run a series of business surgeries in 2024 in various locations throughout the UK. The first will be held at Papergraphics in Crawley on 8 February, followed by another at RA Smart in Macclesfield on 17 April.

Embrace Building Wraps has played a key part in revitalising Merry Hill Shopping Centre near Birmingham, the exterior of which has undergone major works with new-look long-term cladding covering most of the building façade. Embrace has wrapped the complex shaped rear elevation in bright graphics for real estate giant Savills, working closely with the creative partner Portman Design.

GMG is switching to online licensing with the release of ColorServer 5.5, OpenColor 3.1 and ColorProof 5.15.

UPM has been listed as the only forest and paper industry company in the Dow Jones Global and European Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the years 2023-2024. The indices cover environmental, social and governance aspects of responsibility.

Endutex has acquired digital print media supplier Ultraflex Europe and rebranded it Endutex UK. The buyout will give the expanding Portugal-headquartered coated textile group a new distribution base in the UK.

With the release of software version 23.3, OneVision has added new connectors for integration with ColorGate Productionserver and to Horizon StitchLiner.

Several companies have confirmed that they will be exhibiting at both SDUK and Printwear and Promotion Live! in 2024 given the shows will be co-located for the first time (25-27 February, NEC) and the crossover in terms of sign/print companies moving into textile, garment and personalised product printing.

Ricoh Europe has formalised its relationship with Flora Digital, a prominent flatbed and large format digital inkjet manufacturer, with a strategic partnership agreement. Work is underway on the first portfolio addition to be developed under the new agreement.

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has urged the Government to produce an integrated industrial strategy that embraces ‘enabler’ industries that empower the success of other manufacturing sectors in the UK. This follows the publication of a new Government Advanced Manufacturing Plan, which focuses on prioritised industries, including green energy, aerospace and automotive.

Registration is now open for the World Out of Home Organization Global Congress in Hong Kong on 5-7 June 2024.