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With less than a year to go to InPrint 2015, the total space footprint now exceeds that of the inaugural event this year. 150 companies will exhibit at InPrint 2015 which will be co-located with Productronica.

Precision Printing has taken a controlling stake in First 2 Print for an undisclosed cash sum, and become a partner in YourWalls.co.uk, a bespoke printed wallcoverings operation that that will officially launch in January. 

Gloucester-based print and digital media house Severn has turned to Prepress UK to keep its Kodak Prinergy driven Epson large-format printers producing ISO12647-2 certified proofs. The single StudioRip Inkjet Edition software package is driving two Epson 7800 printers – and producing proofs at twice the speed of the original system. 

Seiko Instruments has taken the Viscom ‘Best of 2014 Award’ in the large-format printing category with its ColorPainter M-64s. Seiko used Viscom to show its latest generation ColorPainter H-Series: which will be officially at the beginning of 2015.

Roland DG will use the Newtech show in Corby, Northamptonshire, 18-19 November, to showcase its print-and-cut solutions including the Soljet Pro 4 XR-640 and the VersaStudio BN-20 desktop inkjet printer/cutter.

HP has introduced Reach compliant Permanent Gloss Adhesive Vinyl and Permanent Matte Adhesive Vinyl for use with its latex printers. They are available in 30, 36, 42, 54 and 60in widths, and provide outdoor display permanence of three years un-laminated and up to five years laminated.

Independent paper merchant Premier Paper is extending its Essential Wide Format range and adding monomeric and polymeric self-adhesive vinyls and matching laminates. 

Print specialist YR Store has collaborated with Japanese streetwear brand ‘A Bathing Ape’ to launch a pop-up within Selfridges on London’s Oxford Street where customers can design their own personalised T-shirts printed on Epson SureColor direct-to-garment printers. 

Somerset-based Parkins Interiors was founded in 2010 by husband and wife team Chris and Rachael Parkins who have a keen sense of interior design and a passion for innovative and stylish products. The company now employs six people and has grown into one of the UK's leading suppliers of wall stickers and accessories geared towards the domestic market.

printMax is holding open days on 2 and 3 December to show the Mimaki printer range. They will be held at Hybrid’s headquarters in Crewe. 

“Social media is here to stay, but digitalisation is not the end of printing,” said the Rt Hon David Blunkett MP as guest speaker at The Printing Charity’s 187th Annual Luncheon on 6 November in London. In his speech he also rallied the industry behind apprenticeships, calling them “fundamental to our future”, and praised The Printing Charity for its work, including its support of apprenticeships in the print industry.

Quality Print Services (QPS) has added Nazdar's Nazkote RA2000 UV-curable protective coating to its range for wide-format print providers.

Icon is the official branding and signage supplier for the Sport Business Performance Summit which stared at the Emirates Stadium in London yesterday and ends today.

Visual Print and Design has clinched the Customer Service Award at the Lincolnshire Business Awards for which more than 40 businesses were shortlisted across ten categories.