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France-based substrates manufacturer Senfa - part of the Chargeurs Group and maker of the Decoprint printable textile range - is expanding its reach and offering. January 2017 will see the creation of a US-based sales position and employment of Spanish speaker to cover Central and South America.

3D sporting events signage specialist Amayse has launched a patented system that allows two different printed images to be displayed to different camera angles from the same space -  doubling branding possibilities for TV exposure. 2View CamCarpets are made of a lightweight, foam structured material with a heavy backing which includes an anti-slip layer.

Japanese fashion designer Yuima Nakazato has used Fujifilm’s Acuity Select 20 large-format UV inkjet printer, together with high-elongation Uvijet KV ink, to create a stunning dress for the Paris Haute Couture Collection.

Kiian Digital will use Fespa China later this month to introduce Digistar Display, its new sublimation ink designed for direct and transfer printing with kit using Epson printheads. The range consists of eight colours - four process, two light and two spot colours.

Roland DG is using the Formnext show in Germany this week to showcase the potential of its ceramic 3D printing technology. The company said new jetting technologies make it possible to create complex ceramic objects with a small to mid-range 3D printer that lets small to mid-size companies get in on the rapid manufacturing action.

Three companies - HiScene, Inuitive and Heptagon - have teamed up to take augmented reality (AR) a step further in terms of 3D depth sensing and AR/VR applications. The new HiAR Glasses’ AR operating system provides stereoscopic interactivity, 3D gesture perception, intelligent speech recognition, natural image recognition, and inertial measuring unit (IMU) displayed with an improved 3D graphical user interface.

Smithers Pira is predicating that the digitally printed textile market will be worth 2.42billion Euro by 2021. Its newly published report, ‘The Future of Digital Textile Printing to 2021’ values the current market at 1.17billion Euro and forecasts an annual average growth of 12.3% to 2021.

IMI Europe has released detail on its conference and course programme for the first half of 2017. In addition to the Inkjet Ink Development Conference and Inkjet Summer School, there are two new events in the period: the IMI Europe Winter Workshop and IMI Europe Inkjet Engineering Conference.

Fespa and Esma have partnered to launch a conference aimed at industrial printers, manufacturers and brand owners. The first Industrial Print in Production conference will take place 7 - 9 March 2017 in Hamburg, and will explore the use of print and related techniques within the manufacturing process.

Signarama will use the Business Start-up Show and Business Show at Olympia later this week to flag up its franchise opportunities.

Elearning provider, EssentialSkillz, has launched an ecommerce website (www.courses123.com) with automated 24 hour health and safety elearning courses.

Former printing trade unionist Brenda Dean, now Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, is to be president of The Printing Charity in 2017.

Fast growing Italian-based W2P company Pixartprinting has a new CEO. Paolo Roatta, who has been MD since July, replaces Alessandro Tenderini in the post. Plant manager Alessio Piazzetta joins Roatta on a new board of directors.

Mida Sign Services, which installed a Signracer 3200 UV LED hybrid printer on 22 September, is considering a second as it continues its expansion.