News

Southern Converters in Andover has become the central distribution point for all Innova Art products.

Konica Minolta has formed a partnership with the St Bride Foundation to open up new initiatives that will inspire future generations about the value of print as a key part of the communications mix.

Antalis has created an interactive calendar for 2014 to demonstrate how paper and print can be combined with digital media to maximise the impact of marketing campaigns.

Lumejet has doubled its stand size at the event following the Ipex Open Day on 20 November at the exhibition's new home at the ExCeL London.

The British Sign and Graphics Association (BSGA) will be running two workshops at Sign and Digital UK to explain changes to legislation regarding signage and what must be done to meet the latest requirements. Failure to meet the standards could, in the future, result in criminal proceedings and custodial sentences for offenders.

At the end of the recent Signs Express convention seven awards were presented - three for signage (exterior, vehicle and project) plus those for productivity, innovation, most collaborative franchisee and culminating in the Franchisee of the Year Award, which went to Signs Express (North and North East Lincolnshire).

Drytac has extended its distribution deal with Antalis to include Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Effective from 1 December 2013, Antalis will distribute Drytac’s entire range of films and adhesives throughout the Baltics.

System Label has bought a Roland Soljet Pro4 XF-640 wide-format printer at its Ireland headquarters in Roscommon. The new machine, from Roland dealer Neopost, has joined a growing family of Roland printers at the company, including a Soljet XC-540 and a VersaCamm SP-300V printer/cutter.

Jason McNulty has joined GPT from Paperlinx UK, where he was product sales manager. He takes up the post of hardware sales manager at GPT where he will be responsible for growing the company’s hardware business and also promoting the GPT brand in the North of England.

Andrea Pizzola has been appointed by Pixartprinting as sales and marketing director. The move is part of a strategic growth plan by the Italian-based Web-to-print company that is predicating a 56m Euro consolidated turnover for 2013. Founded by Matteo Rigamonti in 1994, the business has been undergoing a reorganisation since becoming 'manager-managed' company, and in just one year the company hired 100 new staff bringing the number of employees up to 320.

Showcard Print, a provider of POP applications for the retail market, has spoken about being the first European company to install an Inca Onset S50i.

Inca Digital has launched the Onset S50i, the first of a new series of UV flatbed printers to have been designed from the ground up using new Onset Scaleable Architecture developed to increase machine longevity. Letchworth-based Showcard Print is the first European company to install an Onset S50i having beta tested it between May and August.

Survival of the fittest – change is the key to success

Improved customer choice was behind C3imaging’s purchase of an MTEX 5032 fabric printer from Digital Print Innovations (DPI).