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A three-year warranty is available on Mimaki's JFX200, JFX500 and UJV500 printers when bought before the end of May 2015.

Amica Systems, a developer and manufacturer of industrial inkjet solutions, has set-up a branch office in the Netherlands for the European market.

Drupa will switch to a three-year cycle after next year’s show. The precise dates have yet to be finalised but the 2019, 2022 and 2025 events will take place in May in Düsseldorf.

“The entire print process chain has changed radically because of the Internet and digital technologies.

The Independent Print Industries Association’s (IPIA) chief executive Andrew Pearce has resigned. He steps down on 28 February. The IPIA Council has met to discuss the future direction of the association, and said it will be moving towards the appointment of a successor in the coming weeks. The IPIA Secretariat will operate under the direct control of the IPIA Council until that process has been completed.

The latest survey by the Shop and Display Equipment Association (SDEA) reveals that over half (54.2%) of respondents saw an increase in sales over the last six months compared with the same period the previous year. Increases averaged 22.6%. A further 33.3% reported sales had remained level.

Free online registration for Fespa 2015 is now open at www.fespa2015.com. Those registering before 17 May 2015 will save the €70 on-site admission fee.

Icon delivered the branding, functional signage and wayfinding for the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015.

Sappi has opened its new Paper Lab, another step in the expansion of its speciality papers division where the company spent around 61 million Euro rebuilding the PM 2 paper machine that was officially launched last year.

InfoTrends is developing an advisory service called Customer Engagement Technologies to provide technology and best practices for enterprises to execute engagement strategies.

Fespa’s ‘Not for Profit’ initiative is funding four new regional congresses this year, but the UK will miss out, though Peter Kiddell of the Fespa UK Association said it will run a ‘Textile Printing Now’ conference in Huddersfield in October part funded by the same initiative.

CDi Yorkshire (Creative and Digital Industries) – an initiative match funded by the BPIF – is running a Visual Media Conference at The Rose Bowl in Leeds on 31 March. The intention is to deliver insight into marketing communications trends and is aimed at those in the creative, print and packaging industries.

Mimaki is launching a small-format flatbed cutting plotter for packaging and prototyping.

“There is growing demand for on-demand production of prototypes and small lots, both for products and their packaging,” said Mike Horsten, general manager marketing EMEA at Mimaki Europe.

Paper and packaging distributor Antalis has made “a sizeable contribution” to the PassIt! fundraising campaign, part of the PrintIt! education initiative.

Dan Rogerson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the minister responsible for water, resource and environmental management and forestry, got a positive message about the environmental impact of print when he visited KCS Trade Print’s site at Launceston recently.