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AAG has officially opened a new HQ and dedicated manufacturing plant for AXYZ CNC routers in Waterdown, Ontario, Canada.

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has joined Two Sides to strengthen the message that paper is a sustainable resource.

Global Graphics Softwarehas been granted a US patent (Patent No. 11,720,769) for ‘Methods and Systems for Enhancing Raster Image Processing Using Artificial Intelligence’ - technology has already been embodied in the company’s SmartDFETM, a digital front end (DFE) for high-speed industrial inkjet presses.

Colourbyte has become one of the first resellers of the InkTec DTF printers introduced at the start of this year. The two will show the full production process in action at The Print Show at the NEC later this month.

Mathew Faulkner, Canon Europe’s marketing and innovation director EMEA, is the latest addition to the speaker line-up for The Power of Print seminar at Stationers’ Hall in London on 7 November.

Hybrid Services will run a series of free events at its Cheshire showroom this autumn, starting with a Business Startup Workshop today (7 September).

Fespa UK has launched a Sustainable Waste Academy. The first of a series of one-day courses - developed to educate companies about all aspects of sustainable waste management in the print chain - will take place on 27 September, with those involved in its coming together the initial group. The wider print/signage/graphics community is being invited to the next sessions, running 19 October, 22 November and 14 December at the association’s HQ in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

ESMA Academy will run a new ‘Inkjet Applications: Glass’ course on 14-16 November at the European Centre for Dispersion Technologies in Germany.

Fujifilm has announced a strategic partnership with Hesse Trade, a Hungary-based group of companies whose core mission is to promote sustainable development by offering equipment that facilitates lower energy consumption and supports eco-friendly initiatives.

Drytac has made Premier Paper Group its exclusive materials stockist in the UK and Ireland.

Mutoh Europe is now selling the XpertJet 1462UF 6-colour (CMYK, White, Varnish) UV LED flatbed direct-to-object printer previewed at Fespa Global in the spring.

Roland DG has used the Redhead Days Festival in the Netherlands to showcase its ‘50 Shades of Ginger’ colour index, designed to highlight the capabilities of its TrueVis colour printing technology.

HP has reported a revenue of $13.2bn for Q3 2023, down 9.9% on Q3 2022. President and CEO Enrique Lores, pointed out that while sales were however up on Q2 2023, and that though the company expects further growth in Q4, it is “moderating expectations”.

Following the release of the latest UK manufacturing PMI on 1 September, Chris Barlow, partner at accountancy group MHA, believes that another Bank of England interest rate rise would further damage confidence within the manufacturing sector.