Fespa has chosen ‘Explosion of Possibilities’ as its campaign strapline for the Global Print Expo 2019 and the co-located European Sign Expo 2019, which take place 14 - 17 May next year at Messe Munich, Germany. The strap is intended to celebrate the multitude of commercial and creative opportunities within the screen and digital wide-format, textile printing and signage markets.

Service Graphics is gearing up for a new property to house its Skelmersdale operations and is buying further new print equipment for the site. Alex Penner, recently appointed as managing director, said this latest move is part of a planned series of investments by owner Landry Kouakou.

The BAPC is looking for nominations for its annual awards, which this year comprise three categories - Business of the Year, Environmental Printer of the Year and Supplier of the Year.

Firms with fewer than 50 employees sustain up to seven in ten private sector jobs in parts of Scotland, according to figures compiled by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) ahead Small Business Saturday this weekend.

Fespa president Christian Duyckaerts and author/entrepreneur Beth Kempton will join Gillian Montanaro, head of marketing at Roland DG EMEA, as judges of the Roland Hero 2018 awards.

3M has supplied non-PVC Envision Print Wrap LX480mC for the first branded Transport for Wales trains now operating the Wales and Borders network. Operated by KeolisAmey, the trains are the first to use the sustainability-focused film.

Potential visitors to Sign and Digital UK 2019 are being asked to help shape the show. Organisers are inviting PSPs to use an online form (https://www.signuk.com/help-us-shape-the-show#/) to suggest who they’d like to hear speak at the event, and to pose questions they’d like to see answered on the main stage.

Josero has joined the Hybrid Services sign and graphics authorised partner list and will promote Mimaki’s range of solvent roll-fed printers, integrated printer/cutters and cutting plotters.

The Navigator Company will be increasing paper prices in Europe - across all products and markets - by 4% - 6% from 18 January 2019. The continuous increase in key production costs were blamed for the hike.

UPM has published a new biodiversity commitment as part of its responsibility targets for 2030. The aim is to continuously improve the diversity of the 570,000 hectares of forest it owns in Finland.

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