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HP will display products from HP DesignJet printer portfolio as well as Indigo machines at the professional photo show Photokina in Germany this September. It will use its show presence to demonstrating the latest techniques available using HP inks, substrates and print technologies.

William Smith is now offering a new wrapping overlaminate from Arlon that is designed to achieve greater conformability.

Hollywood Monster has appointed a new marketing and sales support manager to help raise its profile within new target sectors. The move comes on the heels of a forecasted £1m increase in turnover this year to £6.5m, and the recent creation of a new digital print sales team following heavy investment in its digital division.

Canon has launched two 36in-wide imagePrograf printers with optional MFP capabilities. The new imagePrograf iPF760 and iPF765 produce colour posters and large technical documents and both machines include software utilities for users in the retail signage industry, as well as general office environments.

Your Print Solution has invested in GMG’s ProductionSuite to support expansion of its business into wide-format production. The six-year-old digital print specialist is initially using ProductionSuite to drive a new 60in HP DesignJet L26500 printer, complementing an existing Epson Stylus Pro 9600 44in printer.

The Printing Charity, a national UK charity for people in printing, publishing, graphic arts and the allied trades, has announced it is launching two major initiatives in its drive to increase the number of people it helps.

Although Neschen has a presence in the UK and Ireland through its distributors, Nottingham-based ArtSystems is assuming responsibility for the sale of all Neschen branded products and will take over Neschen's UK&I sales team.

Fespa is seeking nominations of print solution providers for its Hall of Fame 2013. The initiative will culminate at Fespa 2013 in London next June where the overall ‘Global Printer of the Year’ will be announced alongside the top five printers in each country.

C3 Imaging has been taken over by Zenith Media and Zenith Print and Packaging which has made the acquisition to widen its print services portfolio.

‘Competitors pricing below cost' remains by far the issue most frequently highlighted by print companies as one of their top three business concerns. 85% of respondents in the latest BPIF 'Printing Outlook' survey (carried out during the first two weeks of July and covering 107 companies employing 8,368 people with a combined turnover of £1 billion) marked this as an issue, followed by ‘late payment’ (31%) and 'survival of major customers' (28%).

Antalis McNaughton has produced a guide for recycled paper and board. It is divided by categories on coated, uncoated, carton/graphical board, premium uncoated and creative papers.

As many as 90% of UK website owners are currently ignoring EU laws requiring websites to obtain ‘informed consent’ from users before employing cookies to store information from a computer or mobile device according to Gary David Smith, co-founder of Prism Total IT Support.

EcoPrint will see Sepiax officially launch its Aquares V3 resin ink technology. At the event it will present Aquares 3.0 ink for semi-industrial and signage. The company also and promises to introduce other new products for OEM partners.

The Cabinet Office warned that business will have to expect loss of internet connections due to the massive surge in demand that will be caused by the London Olympics.