News

Mimaki will debut the Mimaki TX300P-1800 1.8m, roll-to-roll, direct-to-textile inkjet printer at Itma 2015 in Milan, 12 -19 November. It will be available in the UK and Ireland from December via Hybrid Services.

Johnsons Printers of Nantwich has formed a wide-format division to complement its litho and digital printing services offering. The new division has been equipped with an Agfa Anapurna M2500i hybrid inkjet printer, Acorta flatbed cutter and Asanti workflow solution.

Kettering-based Sign of the Times scored a notable triumph at the recent British Sign Awards, taking the ‘Sign of the Year’ title and trophy for the second year running with an installation called ‘Timeless’ - a working timepiece which hangs suspended in the six-storey atrium at Senator House in London.

To promote the Rugby World Cup 2015 a team of 12 abseilers worked from 10pm to 5am over a three week period to wrap the underside of each capsule of the Coca-Cola London Eye with the international flag of participating nation. Pullinger Signs used Contra Vision Performance perforated window film in 30% transparency on the outside of capsules for the project.

i-Sub will supply Sensient’s new ElvaJet Punch dye-sublimation inks for polyester printing.

InfoTrends will participate at EFI’s Annual Worldwide Users’ Conference in Las Vegas in January. The marketing research company will present four sessions which are designed to help owners, sales managers, marketing managers and sales representatives grow their business in wide-format, Web-to-print, and related value-added graphics services. The sessions will be led by Barb Pellow, group director at InfoTrends, and Kate Dunn, director.

GMG UK has appointed Mark Griffiths as business development manager to “help broaden the company’s reach within the industry” according to MD Toby Burnett.

Six months after its formation, Europoint is expanding. This month Europoint Manchester will move into a new 40,000ft2 site in Trafford Park, and at the end of November Europoint Northampton will move to a similarly sized site in Brackmills, Northampton. The company said that is In Scotland plans are also “well advanced to further support impressive growth”.

An 'Urban Jungle' carpet, designed by Helen Skelton for the second 'Spark your City' campaign and printed by SignAway, recently turned the walkway between London Waterloo train station and the South Bank into a colourful kaleidoscope.

QA Apprenticeships has unveiled the UK’s first work-based degree programme for IT apprentices.

Working in collaboration with The University of Roehampton and The Tech Partnership, QA Apprenticeships has constructed a BSc Digital and Technology Solutions degree that addresses the needs of employers by offering three flexible specialisms - network engineering, software engineering, and data analytics.

Roland has upgraded its Rolandprintstudio, its first exclusive Mac OS Rip. V1.1, available for use with Roland printers, printer/cutters and standalone cutters, supports the new Mac OSX - v10.11 El Capitan.

Screen Europe has appointed former Thieme, Spandex, Oce/Canon and swissQprint man Toine Prudon as international sales manager for its Inca Digital manufactured Truepress Jet range of UV wide-format printers. He will be based at Screen’s European solutions and technology centre in The Netherlands.

The next Print Efficiently showcase takes place on 20 - 22 October in Hemel Hempstead.

Pantone has launched a colour communication guide that bridges the gap between CMYK and spot colour printing.