US-based creative design company Eclipse Corp has bought a Massivit 1800 3D printer to differentiate its service offering from other print competitors, with owner Jeff Burt predicting that the kit will be integral to achieving revenue growth.
InfoTrends has released a new study entitled ‘Looking for Big Opportunity in Graphic Communications and Specialty Printing’. It identifies key trends, investments, opportunities, and best practices of firms that offer sign, display, and specialty graphics.
Fespa UK has published and updated list of conference speakers for its Textile Printing Now event, which takes place at the Textile Centre of Excellence in Huddersfield on 13 March.
Fespa has expanded its three-strong team in Mexico with the appointment of Benjamin De La Grana as sales and marketing manager. He joins Fespa from Mexican integrated marketing agency Zetapublicorp, where he held the position of commercial director for four years.
HP has introduced the DesignJet T1700 series of 44in printers. Aimed primarily at the CAD and GIS markets they are the first workgroup large-format printers to embed the Adobe PDF Print Engine4 to handle very heavy files. A new set of six HP Bright Office Inks with tuned colour profiles has been developed for use with the machines.
As Brexit negotiations continue, the creative industries are being sidelined according to a new report from by the Creative Industries Federation. The organisation has issued a statement pointing out that the UK’s fastest growing sector of the economy needs to be at the heart of political debate, and that the UK’s creative industries employ 700,000 more people than the financial services, and is worth £8bn more than the automotive sector, yet government is focusing on the latter.
An interactive event hosted by Roland DG premier partner printMax will take place on London's Southbank in February, giving brands, creatives and marketing agencies the opportunity to explore the latest on-demand product personalisation technology. In conjunction with retail experience software specialist CoDesign, the two-day pop-up event will introduce a range of innovative techniques developed in response to the growth in consumer retail experience marketing.
Version three of the newly titled BPIF Colour Quality Management Certification Scheme has been launched. The simplified scheme is in response to feedback since the first publishing in 2010 of the ISO 12647 Colour Management Certification Scheme.
BASF is increasing the price for pigments, dyes and preparations by up to 15% worldwide. The price increase - effective immediately, or as contracts allow - will affect all market segments, predominantly the printing, coatings and plastics industries.
Motion is now commercially running its first Epson large-format printer, an Epson SureColor SC-S80600 that it installed at the turn of the year. It marks a milestone for the Leicester-based company, which has been a HP user for 18 years and traded in an HP 360 Latex machine for the new Epson.
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