News

David Catanach is retiring as a director of the ISA-UK (BSGA) on 30 June.

Epson has announced a new range of printers that includes two new 44in machines – the SC-T7700D for the technical/AEC and POS markets and the SC-P8500D for photo production.

Hollywood Monster founder and chairman Tim Andrews has been awarded an MBE for his services to charity as co-founder of LoveBrum.

A Landa S10P Nanographic Printing Press has been installed by German printer BluePrint to allow it to address customer demand for large-format commercial jobs with higher levels of customisation, but at short-medium run lengths.

Solopress has joined print and paper advocacy group Two Sides.

HP is to run a webinar that will explore the print opportunities presented by the creative interior decor market. The free-to-attend event, entitled ‘HP decor - what’s next?’, will take place on 30 June 2021 at 10am.

Onyx Graphics has brought out an Onyx 21.1 upgrade to its wide-format Rip and print workflow software.

ITC has added to its catalogue of cutting and routing options with the Vee Groove tool.

New from Agfa is the Avinci CX3200 dye-sublimation roll-to-roll printer that can print either directly to textile or on transfer paper. It can handle prints of up to 3.2m wide at a production speed of up to 270m²/h.

The new Acuity Prime and Acuity Ultra R2 flatbed printers from Fujifilm are part of a strategy to create “the new blueprint” for wide-format by resetting expectations for price/performance and ROI.

With just seven weeks left to take advantage of a grant (£1,000 per trainee) for providing a work placement for youngsters, the BPIF has published a list of trainee vacancies across the print sector.

City and Guilds Group has published research that highlights existing and emerging mismatches between the skills workers possess and those that businesses need to succeed. In response it is has outlined recommendations to help address the issue.

The recent launch of the Xaar Nitrox printhead has been followed with software and electronics support to help speed up its integration into print systems.

Epson is joining the RE100, a global collective of businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity, and aims to achieve this milestone by 2023. It has also committed to become carbon negative and underground-resource free by 2050.