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Cestrian has launched outdoor advertising product Railingwraps by using its own railings as a showcase. The company has created two 75m images outside its own headquarters in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The railing wrap reveals two separate Christmas themed illustrations when viewed from different angles. From one, the team has integrated a Royal Mail post box located next to the railings to create a 3D scene entitled ‘Santa’s post box’ – in which the big man himself can be spotted collecting letters. 

Under the motto of 'touch the future’, Drupa 2016 will focus more heavily on future-oriented technologies such as printed electronics, 3D printing and inkjet printing for industrial applications. 

Small businesses will benefit from measures announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement according to the BPIF. “While tight public finances have clearly left the Chancellor with limited scope this autumn, we are pleased that a number of targeted measures to help smaller firms have been introduced covering lending, business rates, tax credits and infrastructure investment,” said membership director Dale Wallis. 

ARC-UK is on a mission to quadruple turnover in the next two years and has bought another Océ Arizona from Canon to drive growth in the retail sector specifically. 

Independently managed commercial finance company IGF is warning small firms in the UK to be prepared for cashflow shortages in the run-up to Christmas and the first few weeks of the New Year, and to ensure that they have access to a flexible supply of funding to cover the inevitable delays in payment. 

Lufthansa will offer discounted flights for visitors to Fespa 2015 in Cologne next May, a continuation of the partnership formed for Fespa Digital 2014 in Munich. 

printMax has taken on Martin Cole as a technical and sales consultant following the addition of the Mimaki range of products to its printer portfolio.

GEW has brought out a faster version of its LED UV curing lab system for those developing and testing new UV LED ink formulations.

W.A.E. Group says that it was a 'no brainer' switching to Nazdar 202 Series inks from QPS. Whilst saving the company significant amounts of money, there was – crucially – no loss in terms of print quality. 

Large-format print specialist Your Print Partner has installed a 3.2m wide Mimaki 320 to bring its annual textile print capacity up to 250,000m2. The kit will be used to help YPP release a new range of fabric display products in the New Year. The investment follows a 46% increase in like-for-like sales this year over last, and is part of the company’s five year growth strategy, which includes recruiting five new staff over the winter period.

New analysis published by Smurfit Kappa has highlighted a significant opportunity so far being largely missed by brands - shelf-ready packaging.

The white-paper report, ‘Marketing on the shelf – exactly how in control are you?’, reveals that, despite 76% of purchase decisions being made by shoppers in-store, many brands are missing out on a growing trend towards shelf-ready packaging - products delivered to a retailer in a ready-to-sell, merchandised unit - as a measurable way to influence shoppers directly at the point-of-purchase.

Leeds-based Digital Plus is the first company in the UK to install an Agfa Anapurna M3200i RTR with Asanti workflow.

The directors ordered the system after seeing it by chance at Fespa where they were looking for solution to upgrade the company’s two roll-to-roll printers.

Artist Maciej Urbanek has used an Epson large-format printer and media to produce a stunning work of art installed in St Michael’s Church, Camden, London. Commissioned by Father Philip North, team rector of the Parish of Old St Pancras, and funded by John Booth Charitable Foundation, the 60m2 piece - titled ‘HS’ - is made of sculpted bin bags that have been photographed and digitally reworked to create a focal point within the church.

The third European Sign Expo, which will be co-located with Fespa 2015 in Cologne next May, will be 20% bigger than the 2014 event in Munich in terms of floor space.

A focus of the event, which hones in on non-printed signage, will aim to show visitors the future of signage - including digital signage - through its Ask the Experts feature, a networking hub where there will be daily panel discussions and debate a wide range of topics focused around digital signage.