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Yasufumi Morimoto has been appointed senior VP Fujifilm Europe, with overall responsibility for the Graphic Systems Division in Europe.

HP Latex Inks and HP A50 Inkjet Web Press Inks are the first water-based inkjet inks to achieve the Sustainable Product Certification from UL Environment, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

Printers wanting to streamline workflows, save labour costs, reduce waste and increase productivity are invited to a series of continuous practical demonstrations being organised by Océ in conjunction with Zund Plotting Systems at the cutting giant’s showroom at Springfield Business Park, St Albans, Hertfordshire, 16 - 17 October.

Fespa is inviting printers wanting to attend its Global Summit in January to register their interest. The event, which will take place on 22-23 January 2013 at The Brewery and Montcalm Hotel in London, brings together leaders in the digital wide-format community to address key issues, challenges, opportunities and threats confronting today’s PSPs.

Inca Digital Printers has introduced the Onset S20i wide-format UV flatbed inkjet printer. The move follows the launch of the Onset S40i announced in May. Both machines are supplied by Fujifilm, Inca’s exclusive global distribution partner.

The Printing Charity is offering cash grants of up to £250 each to help print workers and their families affected by the recent floods in Yorkshire and Northumberland.

Gandy Digital has appointed Quality Print Services its UK and Ireland distributor for the Pred8tor and Domin8tor grand format UV flatbed printers.

Durst has brought out a solvent free metallic silver UV ink for digital label printing decoration applications. The announcement comes as the company launched the Tau 330 UV inkjet label press at Labelexpo in Chicago.

The Forum of Private Business has called for greater focus on employability skills to bring schools and small businesses closer together. This is in response to a House of Commons Committee’s report into youth unemployment and the Government’s ‘Youth Contract’ and calls for better basic skills training to be placed at the heart of the national curriculum.

The first commercially available Xaar 1001 GS12-based tile printers have been launched at Tecnargilla 2012. The Xaar 1001 GS12, which joins the Xaar 1001 GS6, was designed to meet specific ceramics sector requirements.

Alfa Display, a supplier of modular exhibition solutions, has joined Eurostand Display, Promotor Industries International and Eve Products as part of the DISQ Group, a partnership of display products suppliers to the trade.

EcoPrint is seeing the introduction of the AQ160 printer, a 1.6m roll-to-roll printer with a specialised heating systems for curing of the Sepiax Aquares V3 range of ink.

Bilcare Research Group, manufacturer of rigid PVC films for printing and decoration applications, has endorsed  Bordeaux Digital Printink UV and UV LED inks.

Enfocus, which has identified automation as a priority for graphic arts organisations, has compiled a collection of multi-media tools that will make it easy for graphic arts professionals to understand, and implement, time and cost-saving automation in their own workflows.