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The Print and Innovation Theatre, sponsored by Canon, is one of six free seminar theatres at Cross Media 2012 (3-4 September 2012, Business Design Centre, London). The theatre aims to provide printers with new strategies to transform their businesses in order to capitalise on multi-media marketing, the latest printing technologies and digital innovations.

The second Print Efficiently 2012 event will take place 9 - 11 and 16 – 18 October at the IFS showrooms in Perivale, Middlesex.

Quality Print Services (QPS) is introducing a 64in wide printer called the RE-640HC.

DMUK has joined forces with fellow UK-based manufacturer Rotosigns in a strategic alliance to provide a comprehensive UK manufactured signage and advertising product portfolios to the trade.

Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), a developer of software drivers and electronics for industrial inkjet printheads, has moved to new head offices in Cambridge and opened a new technical support office in Shanghai.

Ricoh has been recognised as a pioneer of sustainable business in the Deloitte report ‘Towards Zero Impact Growth: Strategies of leading companies in 10 industries’.

Linda Riordan MP has officially opened Retail Print, the latest business venture from retail display business Retail Services which has invested £500,000 in a SwissQPrint Impala flatbed UV printer and Kongsberg i-XP44 digital router for a purpose built production facility in Halifax.

Robert Horne managing director Paul French is leaving to become CEO of Metamark, a position he takes up in October. He will assume total responsibility for the company and is tasked with driving its strategic goals in pursuit of further sales and volume growth, geographical expansion and new product development and introductions.

Antalis McNaughton is now stocking Nu Stone, an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic. Made from 80% chalk, Nu Stone is non-toxic, waterproof, oil and greaseproof and tear resistant aimed at indoor and outdoor POS posters, banners, brochures, maps, leaflets, shelf talkers and two-way decals.

Wide-format will be one of four focus areas within the new Digital Print UK show which will now take place next year.

Derwent Displays of Denby, Derbyshire, UK, has bought an HP Scitex FB7600 industrial press to increase productivity of POS display units and to extend its product portfolio.

Inprinta, a manufacturer of filters, spare parts and inks for inkjet equipment, has launched a new capsule filter, Microprint, for both solvent and UV ink applications in the superwide graphics inkjet market.

Esko’s i-cut Suite has won a 2012 Printing Industries of America InterTech Technology Award – the sixth InterTech award Esko has received in the past ten years.

EFI has developed a new certification training programme for its Fiery digital print servers, tools, and software options.