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24 students have successfully achieved the first Accredited Skills for Industry (Asfi) ‘Award in Basic Principles of Large Format Digital Printing’.

GTMS is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a scheme designed to help industry improve its safety record. The 25-year-old Hampshire based firm has received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.

Fujifilm sales manager Mark Stephenson held a presentation on '52 things you can't do on an iPad but you can do in print' at the Shine 2012 School Media Awards at Stationers' Hall last month.

Click here for the brand new Widthwise Report 2012 which brings you bang up to speed on the state of the UK and Ireland's wide-format print market via analysis of grass-roots data collected from over 200 companies in the Widthwise Survey earlier this year.

Dimension 8 is enjoying tripled print speeds on wide-format graphics following the arrival of an Epson SureColor SC-S30600 in March.

Another two halls have been added to the original Fespa 2013 floorplan following a surge in exhibitor bookings. More than 310 exhibitors have now confirmed their presence at the show, which takes place at ExCeL London, 25 - 29 June next year, nearly double the numbers booked this far ahead of the Munich event in 2010. Also, the same exhibitors that attended Munich 2010 have expanded their space in London by ten percent.

Sun Chemical has introduced the Streamline ESL HPQ and the Streamline Ultima HPQ inks range for use with wide- and superwide-format solvent printers.

The BAPC’s 2012 conference, themed Focus on Success, will take place on 21 – 22 September at The Holiday Inn hotel in Elstree, Herts.

The postponed inaugural Digital Print UK show will now take place 5 - 7 November 2013 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

Viscom will host a ‘World of Inspiration’ special display area that will pull all the threads of visual communication together, whether it is outdoor advertising, digital printing, POS or digital signage. Applications and examples of best practices will be displayed, presentations given and theme discussions offered. At its core will be a 300m2 supermarket which, in cooperation with Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik, will illustrate POS marketing options and trends in store design.

Caldera will launch a carbon footprint calculator dedicated to the wide-format printing industry at EcoPrint in Berlin this September. CostView 3.0 is a redesigned and upgraded version of the company’s cost visualization software for wide-format printers. It has a new design and new features that include a module for carbon footprint monitoring.

Antalis McNaughton’s sign and display division has appointed Michael Crook as product manager, based at the company’s head office in Leicestershire.

Sappi has become education partner for EcoPrint 2012 to reflect its commitment to sustainable production and regeneration.

EcoPrint Europe 2012 has become an associate member of Verdigris, the environmental initiative from graphic arts research group Digital Dots.