West Bromwich-based signage and display company Wrights Plastics has appointed Nicole Hall as an account manager. She has been tasked with developing a wide range of clients, focussing on the retail interior, display and POS sector.
PressOn has wrapped the tail fin of the racing car Bloodhound SSC, which is readying for the next World Land Speed Record attempt in South Africa in 2019. The Chatham-based PSP undertook the wrap in time for the car - designed to go up to speeds of 1,000mph – to hit speeds of 210mph on its first public trial run at Newquay Airport in Cornwall.
Zund has provided more detail on the refurbished technology showroom and new appointments outlined by Zund UK MD Stuart Cole earlier this year (see https http://ow.ly/90FR30grcvs).
Fespa Asia will return to the Bitec exhibition centre in Bangkok, Thailand, 22 - 24 February 201. The inaugural show, which took place this past February, attracted more than 4,500 visitors from 63 countries, with the largest delegations coming from Thailand, Singapore, India, China and Malaysia.
Mimaki will exhibit for the first time at formnext 2017, an exhibition and conference on the next generation of manufacturing technologies. The show, which takes place in Frankfurt on 14 – 17 November - marks the unveiling to the 3D industry of the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 full-colour 3D printer. The company will also be showing the Mimaki UJF-7151plus UV LED direct-to-object flatbed printer to demonstrate its advanced UV inkjet printing technology, which serves as the base of the company’s 3D technology.
Mimaki will also take 3DUJ-553 produced 3D samples to InPrint in Munich where it’s exhibiting 14 – 16 November.
5,335 people passed through the doors of the International Centre in Telford last month to attend The Print Show and/or co-located sister event SignLink Live according to the organiser.
HP Inc. has collaborated with designers the Yarza Twins and Silas Amos and Smirnoff to launch the beta programme of HP SmartStream Designer for Designers (D4D) which enables designers to create up to 20 variations of a design, and effectively take more creative control of the digital print process. During a three-month pilot starting today, up to 500 designers can register to request to join the beta programme, and 15 super users will be selected to provide feedback.
Leach Studio has worked on revised conceptual designs for Bolton Museum’s new £3.8m Egyptology gallery following feedback from the public and partners. New artist impressions show how the Bolton’s Egypt gallery will look when it opens next year.
Association support for the inaugural Pure Digital event is growing, with ZSO - a printing association based in the Netherlands where the first show will take place next year - having confirmed its decision to become an industry partner.
Ipex attendees have been “eager to see the type of work that they can produce with the combination of an LED UV curing system and digital offset press,” according to Ian Pollock, EAMER sales director, Presstek, which premiered its 34DI Eco-UV digital offset press at the show this week.
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