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FaberExposize UK and sister company Northern Flags have welcomed a new Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300 printer they expand further into UV rigid and roll-to-roll applications. It’s the second new printer in three months for the companies, which installed an Agfa Avinci dye-sub machine in December.

Fujifilm Imaging Colorants Inc. is spending $28m on a new facility for the production of aqueous inkjet dispersions at its Delaware facility. The investment will double Fujifilm’s production capacity of pigment dispersions in the US to cater to a fast-growing demand for inkjet printing globally.

Two new features have been confirmed for Fespa Global (Berlin, 31 May - 3 June 2022) - Sustainability Spotlight and a Fespa Association Pavillion. Organisers have also confirmed that the third Fespa Print Census will be launched at the show, and that the Fespa Awards will be reinstated.

swissQprint is parting ways with Spandex Switzerland and taking over direct sales in Switzerland on 1 May 2022.

Metsa Board has started up operations at its new excellence centre in Aanekoski, Finland, with the aim of accelerating material and packaging innovation. It provides a collaboration platform for customers and technology partners globally.

Paper honeycomb manufacturer Dufaylite has launched a free design lab service for customers using its packaging products. The company has also developed a dedicated website for printers, offering technical help in the form of production ready, downloadable designs and cutting files which can be recreated with ease using its paper honeycomb board Ultra Board. The current designs are suitable POS, exhibitions and home offices.

British Coatings Federation (BCF) chief executive Tom Bowtell has been elected president of the World Coatings Council, a post he’ll hold for the next two years.

The Kavalan eco media range has been expanded with Moonlight River, a replacement textile signage banner that eliminates the washing process, thereby reducing its overall freshwater usage by 67%.

The World Out of Home Organisation will reveal new global guidelines for audience measurement at its 2022 Global Congress (25-27 May, Toronto).

Antalis has introduced three new fibre-based outdoor display boards to meet increasing demand for plastic-free products.

WTTB (wherethetradebuys) has unveiled a range of customised street-party products to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubliee. It includes a ‘sitee’ - a to scale, waist up, cardboard cut-out of Her Majesty.

The Independent Print Industry Association (IPIA) has three new council members: Tim Carter, a director at Ricoh; Matthew Ruff, sales and marketing director at Reliance Worldwide; and John Morley, a director at eProductivity Software (EPS). The newcomers take the number of council members to 17.

Wiltshire-based Digital 23 has bought a 3.2m-wide Mimaki UJV55-320 UV LED roll-to-roll printer so that it can print all its textile work in-house and expand into new markets.

Taya Group has signed-up Netherlands-based large-format media and films supplier Pixia to sell the PVC-free Kavalan brand in Benelux and Germany.