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Neschen is again sponsoring the nature photography festival ‘Horizonte Zingst’ and supplying the digital print media and protective laminates for the event’s open-air installations.

Making its global debut at Fespa 2013 will be a new Truepress Jet wide-format printer, details of which are being kept under wraps by Screen until the show. It will sit alongside the Truepress Jet2500 hybrid printer and Truepress JetW1632UV which will be demonstrating Screen’s Equios workflow automation and PDF Polisher file optimisation software.

Alongside new additions to its Anapurna and Jeti families of UV-curable wide-format printers at Fespa 2013, Agfa will also be launching its Asanti PDF workflow for sign and display applications (see Fespa Preview).

Avery Dennison will show a new, patented range of PVC-free and phthalate-free self-adhesive graphics substrates at Fespa 2013.

A move to the latest low-cost UV-curable print technology has quickly reaped financial and speed dividends for Complete Studio Graphics via a roll-to-roll wide-format machine fitted with a Lightbar UV curing solution supplied by Colorific.

Netherlands-based JMC Signmakers has added Esko i-Cut Automate to its production platform as it enters the third phase of its business transformation.

Shuttleworth will use Fespa 2013 next month to show new developments to its MIS offering.

Following a preliminary roll-out of the Seiko 508GS printhead with nozzle guard earlier this year, Hollanders Printing Systems has decided it will be included in all of its future ColorBooster XL installations as well as being available as an option for machines already in the field.

Fespa 2013 will see the official launch of Lightbox Acrylic and Plainweave WR printable fabrics from Brook International.

US-based Web2Print Experts, a technology-independent Web and print consulting company that helps companies build successful online businesses, has developed W2P Finder to help printers find web-to-print software providers.

Free seminar sessions will take place at the European Sign Expo. The show, which incorporates Screenmedia Expo, will run alongside Fespa 2013 at ExCeL, London, on 25 - 27 June. Visitors will have access to the Sign Forum seminar theatre, which will host presentations on management, sales and marketing, design and installation, innovation and technology, and future trends.

The Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) has released the list of speakers for its Annual Conference, AGM and Awards Dinner and Golf Tournament in Tewkesbury next month. Entitled ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’, attendees will hear debate on how companies can successfully integrate cross media into their business.

Order levels were generally stable in the first quarter of this year and for the third quarter running, according the latest BPIF Printing Outlook report published this week.

EFI is extending its MIS focus with the acquisition of US company printLeader, a provider of management information systems for the printing industry. printLeader’s MIS products will become integrated into EFI’s PrintSmith Vision product line.