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Drytac Europe has brought out a range of laminating films under the ‘Dynamic’ brand. It includes gloss, matte and sandgrain options, is 100 microns thick and is available in multiple widths from 880mm to 1520mm.

The ninth PrintIt! competition has launched, and alongside it a new website which Proskills UK hopes will make for a more informative and interactive experience.

Atlantic Print Solutions (APS) is now the exclusive insurance partner to the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA).

Canon, HP, Konica Minolta and Ricoh are the latest suppliers to join Cross Media 2013 which takes place at the Business Design Centre in London on 23 - 24 October.

Rudi Blackett, Sign and Digital UK event director, has said he is considering increasing the size of the 2014 show thanks to a recent surge in stand bookings.

A one-day ‘Introduction to Digital Print’ course has been added to those offered by the Roland Academy. The first will take place on 2 October at Walsall College and in Roland’s Creative Centre at its Clevedon headquarters.

The founding members of the Ipex 360 Committee have been named as Patrick Martell, chief executive of St Ives and Ipex president; Scott Logie, strategic marketing director of St Ives; Malcolm Lane-Ley, executive chairman of Anton Group; Tim Ainsworth, client services director at Communisis; Roger Pitt, managing director of Headley Brothers; Jon Bailey, managing director of ProCo; and Norman Revill, director of York Mailing and Pindar.

Fujifilm has chosen Fespa Eurasia in Turkey next month for the public unveiling of the new Inca Onset S40i + white flatbed UV printer. Following the launch of the Onset S40i (CMYK LtcLtm) last year, the new Onset S40i includes a double white ink capability.

BAF Graphics is behind the stunning graphics that meet visitors to The View from The Shard in London. The company was appointed by fit out contractor Benchworks and design group Event Communications to support the ambitious decoration project.

Avery Dennison has expanded its PET recycling programme via two new collection facilities in Europe. Waste PET liners can now be sold directly to Avery Dennison's recycling partner Morssinkhof Rymoplast, either at its main plant in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, or at collection facilities in Lichtenvoorde, also in the Netherlands, and Przeczno in Poland.

Four Pees has taken on the international distribution for Tucanna. With tFlow, PrintControl and RapidCheck, the Tucanna product-line covers PDF workflows, colour management and quality control for digital and conventional printing.

InfoTrends is publishing a report ‘Understanding Vertical Markets in Western Europe: Corporate Communication Requirements’ to provide print service providers, among others, with the market intelligence needed to successfully target a specific vertical market and establish leadership within it.

Manfred Senn, managing director of Swiss full service agency mapro, will present his experience of running successful cross media campaigns to print service providers at the PODi European AppForum in London, this week.

The first deliveries of Hollanders' new entry-level ColorBooster 250 2.5m wide-format printer are scheduled for the New Year. The machine will debut at SGIA expo in Orlando next month, where the company will also show the 3.2m ColorBooster XL and introduce double-sided ColorBooster DS options to the American market.