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Graphics Printing Technologies (GPT) sales director Shaun Thompson has been made general manager. “We will be looking to grow the business in terms of key personnel that will help us increase sales and maintain our reputation for high class service and support,” he said on the appointment.

3D print technology company Stratasys, has confirmed participation at InPrint as headline sponsor of the 3D Print Factory, a key feature of the industrial print show which takes place 8 -10 April 2014, in Hannover, Germany.

Caravelle Creative says it has trebled throughput since installing a Mimaki JV33-160 1.6m printer in June to replace its Mimaki JV3-160.

ScreenTec has bought an Océ Arizona 480 GT to strengthen its position in both the POS and industrial print markets, and pave the way for potential new revenue streams.

William Smith will host another of its Open Days on Wednesday 23 October at its Barnard Castle site. It is free to attend, with food and refreshment included.

Newly announced as part of the upcoming Cross Media event are: Ogilvy Ideas Shop; a Hall of Fame; Virtual Reality Skydive?Experience; Freestyle Cross Media and Interactive Portrait

Hybrid Services, Mimaki’s exclusive UK and Irish distributor, has appointed CMYUK Digital as a reseller of the manufacturer’s industrial printers.

Two Sides has contested new report which claims that the UK Government could save £70 billion by going paperless.

The Print 13 show in the US is the launchpad for Scodix Ultra Digital Press, designed to produce 1,250 B2+ (21.5 x 31in) prints per hour and based upon the company’s Scodix Sense technology.

The Printing Charity has relaunched its Yorkshire Committee to renew its links with Yorkshire’s printing, publishing and graphic arts sectors in its drive to help more people in the region and achieve its goal of helping 2,000 people nationally by 2017.

Between now and its 2016 show, Drupa will be carrying out a series of global surveys for the international print industry to research how print may best adapt to the huge and fundamental changes that are taking place in the communications market.

A multi-roll, large-format eprinter designed for copyshops has been unveiled by HP. The Designjet Z5400 is a 44in wide (1.1m) device that uses six HP Photo Inks with three different shades of black to produce images at up to 2400 x 1,200dpi. It has a two-roll media take-up with automatic switching.

Signcraft purchased a new Seiko II ColorPainter W-64S large format mild solvent inkjet printer from Colourgen reseller, City and West End Solutions, in 2012 to meet its requirements for greater speed and quality.

Version 9.20 of Calera’s Rip software, unveiled at Fespa 2013, is now commercially available.