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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.

Signmaster Systems is now distributing EFI wide-format UV inkjet printers in the UK. The line-up includes the 3.2m, roll-to-roll R3225 printer, the T1000 flatbed printer, and the H652 hybrid printer.

Substrates developer Cooley Group has become ISO 14001:2004 certified. The company now holds both this and ISO 9001:2008 certification which CEO David Pettey said “ensures the company conducts business as a global, corporate environmental citizen by complying with internationally recognised and accepted recyclability practices.”

Chris and Andy Simpson, the father and son owners of Fastsigns Leeds, are down to the final four in the Franchisee of the Year awards handed out by the British Franchise Association. They have been nominated in the Long Serving category and will find out if they have won in October.

New from Inprinta is the Microdisc disc filter, a dedicated graphics inkjet disc filter optimised for use where high-speed printing and high through-flow are key requirements.