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Initial results from the second ‘Drupa Global Trends’ report are showing sustained recovery from the recession. Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, chairman of the Messe Düsseldorf Management Board summarised the key results: "The generally upbeat picture surprised us. Both the print service providers and the international supplier industry gave a positive evaluation of the economic situation of their own companies as at October 2014. Even more surprising, however, was that the print and supplier industry is heading into 2015 with a very positive outlook.”

Drytac Europe has expanded its ReTac range of permanently peelable films for wall graphics.

The new additions to the line include ReTac75 Matte and ReTac150 Gloss. They sit alongside the existing ReTac75 Gloss film which was announced last year.

Screen will demonstrate the latest 150m2/hr Truepress Jet W3200HS UV flatbed printer at Fespa 2015 in May, and show the new 3.2m wide roll-to-roll option for the Truepress Jet W3200UV.

The Window Film Company has moved to a new two-storey facility in Chesham, Buckinghamshire and installed an Oce Arizona 460GT flatbed printer in an enlarged print and graphics department.

Prior to the official UK launch scheduled for later this year, Roland DG is offering visitors to Sign and Digital UK 2015 a preview of its Texart CS-64 calender press, a partenr to its recently launched Texart RT-640 dye-sublimation printer. The CS-64 will transfer sublimation print produced by the RT-640 at high speed onto a variety of polyester-based materials.

swissQprint will introduce two new large-format printers at Fespa 2015 - the Oryx 2 and Impala 2 models. A new workflow for 3D printing effects will also be demonstrated.

Letchworth-based display print specialist has bought a Ricoh Pro L4160 from Josero, a newly authorised wide-format dealer for a range of Ricoh products.

Quality Print Services (QPS) will represent digital ink specialist Nazdar to present three new inks to the European market for the first time at Sign and Digital UK.

At Sign and Digital UK Vivid Laminating Technologies will launch the Easymount Flow finishing table designed to sit alongside Easymount wide-format laminators. The top of the £395 worktable sits at the same height as the exit plate of Easymount.

Onyx Graphics software can now be directly integrated with the HP WallArt application for an easy way to create customised wall coverings.

Signs Express (Hull) has provided a full vehicle wrap for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, which is are working in conjunction with the Hull Clinical Commissioning Group to promote awareness for prostate cancer.

Perfect Colours has joined EFI’s dealer network. As such it will sell the EFI H1625 LED wide-format printer and EFI Vutek H2000 Pro printer.

Esko has acquired US-based DAM software solutions company MediaBeacon.

“It is Esko’s strategy to digitise and integrate the entire packaging production workflow from design all the way to finished packs and displays in the store. With this acquisition, we further our transformation from a prepress solution provider to an end-to-end supplier in the packaging world“, said Esko president Udo Panenka.

A consortium of print companies, the BPIF, Proskills, The Printing Charity and Unite is to design new apprenticeship print standards for the roles of pre-press operative, printer and print finisher. The consortium, headed by Ryedale Group, says it will welcome input from other organisations with closely aligned occupations and interests.