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At the official opening of its new manufacturing facility and head office in Cambridge, Inca CEO Bill Baxter reiterated that all production of its wide-format machines will stay in the UK for the foreseeable future despite forecasts that it would see the biggest growth from the likes of Brazil, Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union.

The Italian production hub of Web-to-print specialist Pixartprinting is to become the world’s largest installation of Durst P10 UV inkjet printers with seven machines.

Proskills UK has launched the eighth annual PrintIt! competition to encourage students to consider careers in the print and paper industries.

Soyang has introduced a new lightweight wall covering called SoMagic CE. The substrate can be printed solvent, UV and latex and comes in various embossed finishes.

SA International (SAi) has bolstered its worldwide team with several appointments including Mark Dreesen who becomes application specialist in Europe.

Berkshire-based large-format print provider RGBuk has become one of the first new Canon Large Format Solutions Accredited Partners.

The BPIF ISO12647-2 Colour Quality Management Scheme is the first colour management scheme to have an independent certification body accredited by UKAS.

According to Mimaki a raft of technological breakthroughs means its new LED UV curing JFX500-2131 provides a new benchmark in high volume UV printing. Equipped with Mimaki’s new print engine (six printheads in a three staggered configuration), the JFX500-2131 runs at up to 60m²/h with CMYK (2.5 times faster than the company’s conventional JFX printers) and 45 m²/h for white ink printing.

Ipex organiser Informa Exhibitions has announced a £1m Hosted Buyer Programme for the 2014 event. The company used its new show Cross Media at the start of this week to launch the scheme in the wake of decisions by key suppliers like HP, Agfa and Heidelberg not to exhibit at Ipex.

Oasis Graphics was the graphics house of choice for exhibition stand builder Exib’s installation and gallery for the Japanese athletics equipment company Asics, based at the St Martins Lane Hotel, London. A temporary installation for the duration of the Olympic Games, Exib and Oasis created the Asics gallery as a 9m x 4m space featuring complex multi-layered graphics and lighting, with artwork designed for Asics by noted Brazilian street artist Mateus Bailon.

300 exhibitors are expected at this year's Viscom in Frankfurt, 25-27 October. Over 90% of the hall was booked at the time of writing.

The 500th EFI Vutek GS5000r 5m roll-to-roll UV printer has gone to Gigantic Color of Dallas, USA.

Carrick Signs in Bury has moved into a new 511m2 print shop on Bridge Trading Estate where it has taken delivery of a second HP500 flatbed printer to help cope with the demand for direct print to rigid materials.