Wide-format inkjet printer manufacturer ColorJet India has appointed Digital Hires as a distributor for Spain and Portugal as it aims to increase its European market penetration.
After more than 14 years as centre manager at the Signs Express (Taunton) franchise, Richard Frayling has taken ownership of the business following Maurice Firman’s decision to sell up, and has plans to extend the operation.
Print industry newcomer Paul Glover is the new owner of Signs Express (Nottingham). Glover, who bought the business from founders Jane and Adam Bailey, has previously run businesses in waste management and recycling.
At the recent Two Sides annual meeting of country managers, representatives from Europe, North America, South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand determined to continue efforts to stop organisations making misleading anti-print and paper messages in their customer communications.
Ricoh is buying ColorGate. Acquisition of the print software firm is scheduled for completion on 30 November. The move continues the ‘Ricoh Ignite’ growth plan set out in February this year and designed to expand the company’s printing technology portfolio. This acquisition is designed to strengthen Ricoh’s growing industrial printing business and comes on the back of Ricoh’s recent acquisition of LAC Corporation, a company with inkjet technology that supports printing on 3D surfaces.
Metamark (UK) has appointed Shaun Hobson to the newly created role of vice president international sales. He will report to CEO Paul French, and will spearhead investment in Metamark’s international business.
Ali Ridha Jaffar, vice president of print and technology for London-based Syncoms Group, will present three business builder sessions at EFI Connect 2019, 22-25 January at Wynn Las Vegas. The focus will be on how delegates can differentiate their business and win customers via ecommerce.
The SGIA is inviting interested parties to a webinar on Thursday 15 November, In which three experts in the digital textile printing arena will offer a sneak-peek at the 2018 Digital Textile Printing Conference 3.0.
The Fawcett Society has announced that Equal Pay Day was on Saturday, 10 November this year. It marks the date when women across the UK received their 'last payslip' of the year and started 'working for free' when compared to male salaries on a like-for-like basis. Equal Pay Day fell on 10 November in both 2016 and 2017, suggesting that the gender pay gap is not closing.
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