Two Sides, the UK initiative designed to rid the public of its misconceptions about print and encourage its use as an attractive, practical and sustainable communications medium, is asking more printers to get behind the campaign.| Read more
Amari introduces plywood for direct flatbed printing
Amari Plastics has added to its DTS range with a plywood sheet for direct digital flatbed printing. The new Multiply Digital is targeted at the hoarding, advertising and general sign markets. Because it can be printed directly it does away with the need to print onto vinyls or ACM and then mount on to standard plywood. It can also be more easily and economically recycled.| Read more
Spectro LFP Tex targets textile print
A dedicated spectrophotometer for the textile print market has been introduced by Barbieri. The Spectro LFP Tex has a large measuring aperture of 8mm which allows the textured surfaces of textiles and fabrics to be optically averaged and, therefore, the right colour impression to be determined.| Read more
Tech8 breakdown cover extended
Tech8’s breakdown cover and preventative maintenance schemes have been extended to cater for more printer and ink combinations. The only precondition is that the machine must be a working model and fully operational.| Read more
Call for default retirement age to stay
The Forum of Private Business is calling for the default retirement age to be retained at 65 to protect small firms. It proposes that if the Government is successful in its proposed abolition of this default retirement age, businesses would be forced to keep on employees over the age of 65 indefinitely, threatening the future of SMEs and leading to a raft of painful and costly legal disputes. | Read more