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The JV400-SUV printer first shown by Mimaki in prototype form at Fespa 2012 will ship from 1 July. It will get its proper commercial introduction at Fespa 2013.

FFEI is spending over £2m in moving from its current leased site to new, fully owned, premises in Hemel Hempstead. All product development and manufacturing operations will be switched to the new technology centre, with the transition starting early July once the building fit out is complete. The existing facilities will be run in parallel for a short period to ensure minimal impact on customers.

Ritrama has developed Ri-Fix, a gloss white PVC with removable adhesive for short to medium term indoor use. It can be used with UV, solvent and eco-solvent inks.

Brett Martin is extending its Foamalux Colour range with Neon Pink, Neon Green, Raspberry and Black Sparkle colours at Fespa 2013. Also new at the show will be Marpet-g, a lightweight, durable, 100% recyclable clear substrate available in thicknesses of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm and 6mm.

Ipex has enlisted print industry veteran Pat Holloway to pull together Inspiration Avenue, which marketing director Nick Craig Waller has referred to as “the heartbeat of the event”.

The new Esko Suite 12.1 includes Standard Template Workflows to shorten the learning curve for less experienced staff. Other improvements to the package, expected for release in July, include:

Ashley Kauer, accounts assistant at Hybrid Services, has been awarded Apprentice of the Year 2013 by South Cheshire College.

It’s official: the World Record for wrapping a Porsche Cayman is 70 minutes and 44 seconds, a time set by a team of six at the fourth Polish Car&Wrap Championship last week.

Neschen and UK distributor ArtSystems are teaming up at Fespa 2013 to debut a range of wall covering and retail display media.

Fire retardant Ultra Board Fire is to be officially introduced alongside new Ultra Board branding and website at Fespa 2013.

Walsall College, home of the Roland DG Academy, has been awarded an ‘Outstanding Grade’ following its recent Ofsted inspection. It is the first further education provider in the UK to receive the outstanding grading under Ofsted’s new inspection framework.

Baumann Maschinenbau, Bielomatik, Electronics for Imaging, Hewlett Packard, Leonhard Kurz Stiftung, Manroland Web Systems and Technotrans have joined the Drupa 2016 committee, a reflection of the changing face of print.

Eco-passport certification has been issued by Centexbel for Mimaki’s Sb300 series dye sublimation inks. This certification, which certifies compliance with the Oeko-Tex standard 100 and the Eco-passport certification system, assures users that inks will cause no harm when they come in contact with the skin.

Fespa 2013 will see Mimaki unveil the CG-SRIII Series plotters in Europe. The newly developed CG-SRIII series, with speeds of 70 - 100cm/s, are successor models to Mimaki’s CG-60SR and CG-100/130SRII. The new machines have a cutting pressure of 500g, significantly increasing the range of materials that can be used, and a doubled curve-cutting speed to make complicated cutting tasks much easier.