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Colour Graphics has bought a MTEX 5032Pro and increased its space to house the direct-to-textile printer and provide a dedicated to fabric and finishing area. It has also bought a large-format Multicam CNC router.

Lee Eaton, owner of Signs Express (Manchester) has made it to the final of the British Franchise Association's (BFA) B2B Franchisee of the Year Award

Sign manufacturer Astley hopes to soon be using a new water jet cutter at its Gateshead facility for large-format inkjet printed applications. The company has taken on two operators at the site as part of a growth plan for 2015.

Fespa has attracted its most internationally diverse visitor group yet, with delegates from 133 countries attending its Cologne show in May.

When VISG was asked to create full vehicle wraps for the four ‘battle buses’ that featured in a political comedy TV series in the run-up to the recent General Election, the company had three days to turn the job around, including the removal of existing graphics. It used 3M IJ25 digital print film and 30 Series coloured film for the buses.

Newtech’s next wide-format, screen, digital and display show will be 14 – 15 July at the Paintworks, Bristol.

In its flagship Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 release Adobe has included major updates to Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Premiere Pro CC and InDesign CC; as well as new connected mobile apps for iOS and Android. The company also released Adobe Stock, a stock content service. In addition, it announced an expanded Creative Cloud enterprise offering. “Creative Cloud 2015 is our most powerful and comprehensive release to date,” said David Wadhwani, senior vice president, Digital Media at Adobe.

GEW has developed what it’s calling a futureproof hybrid UV curing system called ArcLED.

A company called BeBop Sensors has won the 2015 Frost and Sullivan North American Technology Innovation Award for its fabric embedded sensor technology.

Simon Harrop, CEO of Brand Sense Academy is the first speaker to be named for this year’s Power of Print Seminar, which will take place at Stationers' Hall in London on 3 November. Another nine speakers will join him during the day programme and be followed by an evening speaker at a special dinner.

The Shop and Display Equipment Association (SDEA) has published a new guide to the shopfitting and display industry - the SDEA Retail Display Directory 2015/2016, which lists over 100 designers, manufacturers and suppliers of specialist retail display products and services.

The ISO TC130 committee that sets global standards for the graphic arts has adopted the X-Rite Color Exchange Format version 3 (CxF3) as the new standard (ISO 17972-1:2015) for colour data exchange and verification.

A new MSc Management programme has been announced by the BPIF that will be delivered by the Management Development Centre (MDC) and awarded by the University of South Wales.