News

On Saturday 9 March, three members of the printMax team donned their cycling shorts for charity and have so far raised £700 for Comic Relief.

The InPrint Show, which takes place 8-10 April 2014 in Hannover, has now sold 40% of exhibitor space.

Walsh Graphics has appointed Tom McIntyre to the new position of sales director for the sign and display division.  His remit is to meet the needs of an expanding client base coupled with an evolving product line.

Leeds-based Digital Plus teamed up with Yorkshire design and communication company Inchpunch, to design, create and install the graphics for the newly opened exhibition ‘Capital of the North’ at the Yorkshire Museum which opened this month.

The University of Huddersfield has taken delivery of four new Epson large-format aqueous inkjet printers to keep up with increasing demand for high quality colour and mono digital print work within the School of Art, Design and Architecture.

Weedoo Signs, a Sandhurst Group company, has officially launched ‘Weedoo Health and Safety Signs’, an online store dedicated to providing official HSE health and safety signage for commercial buildings, sites and vehicles.

Nottingham-based Litho Supplies has become a distributor of Sun Chemical’s Streamline solvent-based inkjet inks specifically designed for use in wide and super-wide format digital printers.

Artwork Digital in Brazil produced this 7m long 3D board model of a gigantic toy train on its six-colour Inca Onset S20 for ‘Encontro Marcado com Fernando Sabino’, an exhibition celebrating the life and work of the Brazilian author. The train’s windows were filled with both static images and two television monitors playing DVDs, bringing a measure of interactivity to the display.

BroadSign, a provider of software-as-a-service for digital signage networks, has confirmed its role as a Platinum Sponsor of European Sign Expo, underlining the new event’s scope in showcasing how digital signage can be integrated with printed graphics.

An Epson survey has revealed major growth in the use of both print and electronic POS advertising as retailers look to broaden their markets to drive growth.

Bordeaux Digital Printink is dedicating its Fespa London stand to sustainable wide-format printing and will use it to demonstrate products like the new bulk ink solution for the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000.

SA International (SAi) has extended its Flexi and PhotoPrint software packages to include Web-based tools. SAi Flexi Cloud and SAi PhotoPrint Cloud install locally to a user’s computer, but deliver through the Cloud.

Digital Imaging Services (DIS) has achieved a standards double whammy in gaining ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accreditation.

Drytac has launched Protac Matt Anti-Scratch film, a clear PVC overlaminating film for outdoor applications where a non-glare finish is required.