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The inaugural Digital Print UK exhibition has been canned by organiser Faversham House, which also runs Sign and Digital UK.

The new European Sign Expo has acquired Screenmedia Expo 2013 and will wholly integrate that within its June event running alongside Fespa 2013 at London’s ExCeL.

Sun Chemical has released its 2012 Sustainability Report, which showcases Sun Chemical's leadership in eco-efficiency through established data-driven metrics, as well as examples of how raw material suppliers are contributing to the company's environmental footprint.

Roland DG, Esko and CGS Publishing Technologies will share a stand at the Packaging Innovations exhibition at the NEC in February to demonstrate a solution Roland believes will “revolutionise packaging prototyping and proofing”.

The British Standards Institute (BSI) is looking for sponsors to support the ISO TC130 printing industry standards meeting at Ipex 2014.

Wide-format solutions reseller I-Sub Digital has appointed Mark Hollinsworth to drive sales of consumables.

Using the T3 Fabframe it distributes, Tecna UK has created a replica London Bus for event use by renowned DJ Norman Jay. The three-quarter-scale bus has now appeared at events around the world including the Snowbombing Festival in Austria where Jay was found on half way up a mountain, playing to amazed partygoers.

The number of Mactac brand distributors in the UK has been consolidated from what was at one time as many as seven companies, to now four. Following that move Amari Plastics, All Print Supplies and Pyramid Display Materials have now been qualified ‘Gold’ distributors for the brand throughout the UK and will be the first to receive any new products introduced by Mactac UK.

The newly formed Print Solutions division of Reprographic Technology International (RTI) is bringing out a range of Memjet-powered printers, including a 42in wide two-roll printer, an A4 sheet fed printer for envelope and flyer printing and a roll-to-roll label printer (A4 width).

EFI has announced victory in its Spanish patent litigation with Jose Vicente Tomás Claramonte, the president of Kerajet, S.A., involving EFI Cretaprint's ceramic digital inkjet printing systems.

SA International has launched the International Sign and Printmakers Guild, a member-led organisation designed to help sign and print providers grow their businesses and reduce costs. Membership is currently free to any sign shop or print provider.

Keynote speakers at the annual Fespa Global Summit in London this week pressed home the need for printers, and those in the wide-format space specifically, to pay more attention to integration and experimentation if the sector is to benefit from the opportunities afforded it by technological development.

An option that allows users to get a get up to a 20% jump in productivity from their Onset printer with no loss in print quality has been made available by Inca Digital Printers. Developed and tested with Fujifilm, it has been beta tested by Superior Creative services, where production director Stewart Powell described it as “like having a turbo charger”.

Fujifilm is targeting the digitally printed corrugated market with a new handling system and speciality inks for its Onset UV flatbed printers. The system is still in prototype stage, expected to go to beta testing in March and be ready to show the public by June.