News

Franchisor Recognition Express is collaborating with national road safety charity Brake for the fifth consecutive year to run a competition aligned with Road Safety Week (18-24 November).

Screen Europe will demonstrate the new Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV wide-format inkjet printer at an Open House at Dainippon Screen’s European Solutions and Technology Centre in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, on 19 - 20 September.

Brighton and Hove’s business community will host its Creative, Digital and IT Open Studios week 23 to 27 September as part of the Brighton Digital Festival, which runs 1 to 30 September.

Reading company Glendining Signs has installed its third HP Scitex FB500 printer in two years. The decision has required firm to convert one of its warehouses into a new print room and move all three FB500 printers into it.

Bob Usher, managing director of Apex Digital Graphics, has been elected chairman of Picon, the UK association of print industry manufacturers and suppliers. His top priority will be to increase the effectiveness of the UK print industry’s representations to government and other bodies. He also aims to broaden the membership of Picon, with a particular focus on attracting new members from the digital and cross-media sectors.

SA International (SAi) is opening a training and technology centre at its new Brussels-based EMEA headquarters. It will offer educational sessions on key SAi software and applications to the company’s reseller and OEM network as well as to end-users.

i-Sub Digital is offering free delivery and free build on orders of the Mimaki JV33, CJV30 or JV5 wide-format print units in 1.3m or 1.6m widths placed before the end of September. In addition, new buyers will receive a £200 voucher for machine-compatible materials and consumables, 50% extra ink, 50m of banner material and 50m of vinyl, and a free accessories pack shipped with each new printer.

As a summer promotion Roland is offering those who order a 54in or 64in-wide VS machine before the end of August £1,000 cash-back as well as a free take-up unit for the wide-format printer.

Shuttleworth Business Systems and ROI360 will be jointly exhibiting at Cross Media in London on 23-24 October.

A Knifeless Tech range of knifeless tapes has been added to William Smith’s portfolio. The tapes are translucent and repositionable and both tape and filament can be easily stretched and turned in any direction.

Essex-based large-format printer and sign manufacturer Revolution Signs has bought an Agfa Jeti 1224 HDC printer, which joins the company’s existing Agfa Anapurna M2.

Atlantic has announced its introduction of the Shield laminators, field upgradeable from the basic cold lamination model to the dual heated roller version. The Shield is also available as a dedicated ‘Wrapping’ edition end-to-end workstation with motorised double roll and automatic rotary cutting system at exit - which also has back lighted and scratch resistant tables.

It was Signs Express (Manchester) that provided Sky Pro Cycling with car graphics and signage for the riders and team support vehicles at the Tour de France this year.

Platinum Print has integrated GMG software to streamline proofing and increase output accuracy and colour consistency across its Epson, Mimaki, Ricoh and Konica digital printers and B2 Komori offset printing presses.