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Stanford Marsh Group Graphics (SMGG) has announced that it has now extended its 0% finance deal to include HP’s Designjet Z6200 photo printer. 

Ultima Displays have a wide range of iPad holders including the Freestanding iPad holder. Recently launched, this lightweight holder is ideal for multimedia presentations at exhibitions, conferences or retail outlets.

The leading theme of the FESPA presentation by Folex and Regulus has been the creation of additional benefits for print shops and final customers for the production and sale of display graphics and REPRO films. 

The newly published IT Strategies and InPrint industrial print white paper ‘What is Industrial Print?’ puts a valuation of $100bn on the market.

Ricoh will be a gold sponsor of the second PODi European AppForum to be held on 25 September 2013 in London. The keynote presentations and case studies will focus on practical applications of digital printing to show how print media and the online world interact to create new value streams for businesses and consumers.

The Wrap Cup vehicle wrapping competition which ran throughout Fespa 2013 has been won by Piotr Cinski of 12wrap.com, Tubbergen, Holland.

Despite government promises to reduce the amount of time and money businesses spend on compliance costs, the average SME is now paying substantially more than two years ago. That’s according to new research by the Forum of Private Business, which puts the total cost of compliance at more than £18.2 billion, an 8.5% increase compared to 2011.

Total Displays has bought an EFI Vutek QS3 Pro UV printer and EFI Pace MIS software, both ordered at Fespa 2-13.

Specialist packaging and POP solutions provider STI Line has placed an order for an Inca Onset S40i with automation and XMF Workflow from Fujifilm. It is the first company in the UK to invest in an Inca Onset S40i equipped with Fujifilm’s Uvijet OC inks for corrugated applications.

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) celebrated its fourth year as a sponsor of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity by completing the world’s first hand-painted micrography billboard made entirely of tweets and creating the world’s first gigapixel image searchable by tweet.

The Fastsigns network is encouraging its centre owners to take on apprentices. The initiative is geared towards priming the industry leaders of the future, and it the government’s pledge to boost apprenticeship opportunities.

Hollander Printing Systems has streamlined its corporate look. A new logo depicts two separate lines that form a continuous flow, indicating a constant co-operation of two entities, these being the customer and Hollanders, and the Competence Center partners and Hollanders.

GT Marketing Services (GTMS) has been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety.

HP has renewed its position as Fespa’s Corporate Partner for the next three years. The agreement means HP will work across all Fespa European events until 2016.