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The latest BPIF ‘Printing Outlook’ report shows that activity within the UK print trade was more buoyant than expected during the second quarter of 2013. The July survey showed that whilst a majority of 53% of companies reported no change in demand levels more than a quarter (28%) said that the volume of domestic orders had improved. This outweighed a figure of 19% that suffered deterioration and also exceeded expectations from last quarter.

Recent FSC and PEFC confirmation certification in the UK of selected HP wide-format media has given resellers the opportunity to sell chain of custody certified HP wide-format media for the first time in the UK. ArtSystems can now provide these HP certified media with an unbroken chain of custody to resellers.

A new version of Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) lets creative teams buy membership of a single desktop application, such as Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC or any of the entire collection of CC desktop applications.

printMax has added Metamark sign and digital media to its consumables offering. The company is a dealer for Roland, which uses Metamark media in its own product testing, so this alignment makes sense for both Metamark and printMax. To mark the move printMax is offering 15% off all first Metamark media orders throughout August.

‘Make me smile’ is the theme for the designmaker 2013 competition which will end in a winners’ presentation on 7 November at Viscom in Düsseldorf.

Oasis Graphic has taken delivery of a HP Z6200 printer to increase its aqueous ink print capacity. It joins the company’s two Canon aqueous ink machines.

This year’s Print Futures Awards, boosted by a £30,000 cash injection from The Printing Charity, attracted a record number of applications and winners. The 17 winners were presented with their awards at The Printing Charity’s reception for the industry hosted by Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde on 23 July at the House of Lords.

Pre-show registration for Cross Media 2013 is now open and details of the seminar programme provided. There will be over 50 seminars in five dedicated theatres during the two-day event (23-24 October, Business Design Centre, London)

Spandex has produced Wrap Essentials, a guide for vehicle wrapping professionals that provides an overview of wrapping materials and accessories with over 170 colours/finishes from ImagePerfect, 3M, Arlon and Avery.

California-based Zoo Printing has installed its fifth and sixth EFI Vutek superwide format printers - a Vutek GS3250r UV roll-to-roll printer and a Vutek GS3250lx Pro LED UV flatbed/roll hybrid printer.

Hexacomb has a new director of global marketing and strategy in the form of Darlene Kober. She has more than 20 years experience with multinational manufacturing corporations serving diverse industries such as packaging, specialty industrial products, medical devices and chemicals.

PaperlinX has set a trend by opening a ‘hot-desking’ area in its London office to customers seeking work space while in the area.

Colour Engine is a new service for auditing and reporting on lighting conditions to ISO 3664:2009 for companies across the whole graphic arts sector.

Lintec Graphic Films has taken a stand at 100% Design at Earls Court in September in the hope of inspiring architects, designers and branding specialists.