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13 members of GMG’s professional services team have completed the Digital Print Expert of Fogra (Graphic Technology Research Association) certification as part of the company’s commitment to address issues of process stability and output consistency within all applications of digital print production.

Travellers on the London Underground this week met with a stunning 360 degree advertisement at Oxford Circus tube station for The Great Gatsby movie. The promotion incorporated digitally printed floor applied graphics and large-format graphic wall panels produced on a digital flatbed with flexible UV cure inks printing onto polymeric base media. The graphics were then protected with a propriety laminate and incorporated crystalline aggregate.

The BPIF has launched its Graduate Management Programme for professionals in print and media. 160 people attended a one-day event in London at the end of April to have the programme explained in detail and to meet the course mentors.

Sunjet, part of Sun Chemical, has launched DimodaTM inks for use in the décor industry. The introduction coincides with the Ligna 2013 trade show in Hannover this week where some of SunJet’s OEM customers are demonstrating digital printing solutions to the wood manufacturing industry.

Kettering wide-format equipment supplier i-Sub Digital recently gave disabled children the car ride of their dreams at an event hosted by Sporting Bears Motor Club.

Weedoo Signs is supporting 16-year old Josh White as he embarks on his first season of the Ginetta Junior Championship motor racing.  In return for the sponsorship, Weedoo Signs, which specialises in providing a wide range graphics, including vehicle signage and wraps, has its branding clearly visible on Josh White’s Ginetta G40 car.

HP is offering direct financial marketing assistance to print companies that buy one of its latex printers. The company is giving a £1000 marketing voucher to help PSPs promote the print possibilities of the machine to their customers and local community.

C3imaging London has bought an Océ Arizona 460 XT to expand into new markets and grow revenue streams. It will replace the operation’s current UV flatbed, an Arizona 250 GT, which will be transferred to the company’s Liverpool branch.

Hollanders is continuing its drive to expand its digital textile printer business by holding two open days on 28 and 29 May at its Eindhoven premises. It will show the ColorBooster DS double-sided system and preview the entry-level ColorBooster 250. Visitors will also see the company’s ColorBooster XL and finishing systems.

On 1 May Canon UK completed the integration of Océ into its business in the UK and Ireland. Océ is now officially a wholly owned Canon Group company operating worldwide.

A fourth generation mild solvent ink range known as UMS is now available from Mutoh for its installed-base of mild solvent printers as well as its ValueJet series. The ink, available in one-litre bottles and 440ml cassettes, replaces the Mutoh MS and MS+ mild solvent inks.

Presentations in the Creative Corner at Fespa 2013 next month will include keynotes from Coca Cola, McCann NY, TBWA and Unilever. The conference programme has been developed to address key topics for the creative community, showcasing what print can do and opening up the relationship between PSPs and end-users.