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Sheffield-based Diamond Dispersions, a manufacture of water-based pigmented dispersions and dispersed dyes for inkjet inks, has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The company, which has seen a 40% year-on-year growth, exports 85% of everything it produces, China being its biggest market.

Tecna Display has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The company, which designs, produces and sells the modular display system t3, exports to more than 30 countries and has recorded an overall 92% increase in overseas sales in the last three years

EcoPrint 2012 organiser FM Brooks has said over 70% of floor-space is now sold for the inaugural event in Berlin this September.

Josero has teamed up with specialist wide-format distributor Colourgen to add the Kala range of laminators to its portfolio, in particular the Starter and Mistral models.

Mimaki has rejigged its board and named current executive VP Hisayuki Kobayashi as new president upon the retirement of Mikio Noguchi (expected late June) in a bid to strengthen its marketing, cost competitiveness and production systems for emerging markets.

Avery Dennison has enhanced its inkjet-printable polymeric calendered vinyl ranges Avery MPI 2000 and Avery MPI 2800.   New products for popular applications have been introduced, and the printed durability of both ranges is now warranted for significantly longer when the films are  protected with their partner Avery DOL overlaminates.

POS and display graphics specialist Magenta Print and Display has installed an Inca Onset S20 from Fujifilm. Magenta - a trading name of Debenhams Retail - upgraded to an Onset S20 for improved production speeds and higher quality print.

Pyramid Display Materials is introducing a 100% recyclable polypropylene product to the UK display market. The PolylinePro range has been developed in partnership with polypropylene manufacturer Mapal.

Neschen's digital fleece wallpaper Erfurt wallpaper CA is now available as a finely grained version with a plaster-look.

A new national campaign called ‘7-days to Sustainability’ has been launched by Planet Positive to offer all UK SMEs free sustainability advice.

To help address key sustainability questions, HP has assembled a panel of experts for an Eco Leadership Forum at Drupa. Show attendees will have the chance to attend each hour-long panel discussion and participate in debates, which will take place at the HP tent outside Hall 4.

Matan Digital Printers will unveil 3m and 5m-wide versions of its new eight-colour UV hybrid Barak 8Q printers at Drupa. The machine uses Matan's patent-pending PDS technology and is said to print up to 353m²/hr. Features include automatic double-sided printing, an automatic flatbed loader/un-loader and inline finishing. As a show special the company said the line will start at €169K (for the Barak 3  - 3.5m with  16 heads).

Fujifilm has released XMF PrintCentre V3, its Web-to-print system that allows print companies to create multiple e-commerce Websites for selling print, and manages the print buying process from online purchasing through to delivering print-ready PDF files into a print production system.

Gerber Scientific Products has introduced Omega 5.0, which Dana Goodale, director of software solutions, has described as “chock-full of time-saving features”.