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Brett Martin is extending its Foamalux Colour range with Neon Pink, Neon Green, Raspberry and Black Sparkle colours at Fespa 2013. Also new at the show will be Marpet-g, a lightweight, durable, 100% recyclable clear substrate available in thicknesses of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm and 6mm.

Ritrama has developed Ri-Fix, a gloss white PVC with removable adhesive for short to medium term indoor use. It can be used with UV, solvent and eco-solvent inks.

Northumberland-company Victory Signs has bought the UK’s first JFX500-2131. The sign and display producer bought the 2.1 x 3.1m UV flatbed printer from Mimaki via Your Print Specialists (YPS).

Josero sold its first Bubble Free Applicator at Sign and Digital UK. It was bought by Mida Sign Services UK which specialises in installing and maintaining all types of signage, graphics and banners throughout the UK and Europe.

Matan Digital Printers, manufacturer of the Barak line of super-wide UV printers, has increased its production floor by 75%. “With an ever-increasing demand for the Barak printers, our previous production space just could not accommodate the required volume and we had to expand,” said Hanan Yosefi, Matan president and CEO.

Three employees of Leeds-based Digital Plus are to run the Manchester Bupa 10k run with the aim of raising £1,000 for children’s charity Martin House. John Webster, Simon Porter and Sarah Chamberlain will undertake the run on the 26 May to raise awareness and money for the cause.

The Disq group of UK display product manufacturers (Alfa Display, Eurostand Display, Eve Products and Promotor Industries International) will show various new products at Fespa 2013, including a range of iPad holders for integration with display systems.

Hollywood Monster has clinched an award in recognition of its charitable donations and support. Managing director Tim Andrews has been presented with the West Midlands Pride Award at Business Masters 2013 in Birmingham.

The eighth annual PrintIT! Awards has taken place - at North Print and Pack in Harrogate. This year the entrants designed a wide variety of end products, from leaflets and shelf wobblers through to posters, mobiles, floor decals and aisle and storefront banners.

Avery Dennison will show a new, patented range of PVC-free and phthalate-free self-adhesive graphics substrates at Fespa 2013.

Alongside new additions to its Anapurna and Jeti families of UV-curable wide-format printers at Fespa 2013, Agfa will also be launching its Asanti PDF workflow for sign and display applications (see Fespa Preview).

Making its global debut at Fespa 2013 will be a new Truepress Jet wide-format printer, details of which are being kept under wraps by Screen until the show. It will sit alongside the Truepress Jet2500 hybrid printer and Truepress JetW1632UV which will be demonstrating Screen’s Equios workflow automation and PDF Polisher file optimisation software.