Nick Caminiti, car wrap installer at Exotic Graphix from Australia, has won the Avery Dennison ‘Wrap Like A King’ 2017 challenge. He competed against 159 installers from 19 countries to earn the title.
525 attendees from 23 countries attended the recent Inkjet Conference (TheIJC) conference and tabletop exhibition, making it the biggest event of its type for inkjet engineering and chemistry. Organisers are now planning the agenda for TheIJC USA (12-13 April 2018 in Chicago) and the anniversary 5th edition of TheIJC in Düsseldorf (15-17 October 2018).
The campaign strapline for Fespa 2018 is 'Where Print Takes Off'. The show will take place 15-18 May and occupy ten halls at Messe Berlin, which last hosted the event in 2007. The expo will cover digital wide-format, screen printing and textile printing. It will also have a hall dedicated to substrates, reflecting the critical role played by media innovation in enabling application diversification. Visitors will also have access to the European Sign Expo, dedicated to non-printed signage.
KEP Print Group has promoted account manager Alex Beaumont to the role of business development director. Managing director Mark Plowman said of the move: “Alex has been instrumental in growing key accounts at KEP. His level of customer service is unparalleled because his background in marketing allows him to forward plan and empathise with the client. We are very excited for him to direct this area of the business and continue the growth of KEP.”
The winners of the annual BSGA (British Sign and Graphics Association) awards have been presented. Over 250 separate projects were entered for the awards, which went to:
Caldera’s Rip and workflow products for graphic arts printers now support Canon’s UVgel-based Oce Colorado 1640. The driver is available for immediate download.
Fujifilm is demonstrating its UV inkjet solutions for membrane switch graphic overlay printing at Productronica 2017 in Munich this week. The stand features an Acuity LED 1600 II printer producing embossed samples on MacDermid and Kimoto films for visitors to take away.
Shrewsbury-based Mid West Displays was called on at short notice to deliver the two spectacle display racks featured in Debbie McGee and Giovanni Pernice’s salsa set in the BBC show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ last Saturday night.
A new Signs Express has opened in Bristol. The operation, based on Avonbank Industrial Estate and run by Ben Walker - previously a Snap-On-Tools franchisee - lists a HP Latex 365 wide-format printer among its print kit.
Summa distributor Phaisankij (PSK) Engineering has opened Summa customer experience centre near Bangkok in Thailand in partnership with All About Print. The centre is home to a Summa F Series F1330 grand-format flatbed cutting table, with a working area of 129 x 305cm. Summa said the opening of the centre is a milestone for the company which will continue to invest into the growing market of Asia.
XYZprinting, a desktop 3D printer brand, has formed a strategic alliance with Sicnova as part of its expansion into the large-format 3D printer market.
Kornit Digital Europe will run a ‘Pigment Power Day’ at its showroom in Dusseldorf on 23 November for textile printing professionals who want to learn about the possibilities of pigment printing with the Kornit Allegro roll-to-roll system.
Roland DG has created an applications wall at its Clevedon headquarters to show what’s achievable using its digital print technology. Based on the Roland DG strapline ‘Transforming Your Imagination Into Reality’ the wall was developed by Creative Centre manager Joe Wigzell over a two-week period.
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