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The Shop and Display Equipment Association (SDEA) British Group will be showcasing retail display equipment at EuroShop 2017 in Dusseldorf (5 – 8 March), which is expecting 2200 exhibitors from more than 50 countries, and anticipates over 100,000 visitors.

Heimtextil has seen Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) and Konica Minolta show companies how to digitally print wallpaper at linear speeds of up to 70m/min using a demo system they have been working on for the last 18 months.

At Heimtextil Mutoh is introducing a 1.9m-wide ValueJet 1938TX direct-to-textile printer, as well as the ValueJet 1948WX 1.9m-wide sublimation transfer printer with print speeds exceeding 100m²/hour, and the ValueJet 1638X, a 1625mm printer.

OKI Europe has launched the 64 in ColorPainter E-64s with a list price of 12,990

Camfree Signs and Graphics has installed a Ricoh Pro L4130 and a L4160 latex printer. The kit and associated inks, supplied by Atlantic Tech Services, are expected to speed up production at the Southampton-based wrapping and signage specialist.

New from Drytac Europe is Polar Carpet film for short-term indoor floor graphic applications. The 4mil printable matte white monomeric PVC film has a high tack, removable acrylic adhesive, backed by a siliconised bleached Kraft paper.

Print and Media Certification (PMC) has issued the first ever UKAS accredited ISO 12647 certification for a digital press manufacturer to Ricoh UK Products. The certification for the BPIF ISO 12647 colour quality management scheme covers the company’s digital toner based production and continuous inkjet production at its Customer Experience Centre.

William Smith is now selling the full Avery Dennison product portfolio, six months after adding the first of the supplier’s ranges to its offering. It has now added supplying Avery Dennison Supreme Wrapping Film, 800 Premium Cast and 900 Super Cast.

Lintec Corporation in Japan has completed the acquisition of UK-based Lintec Graphic Films, having met all the conditions of the offer announced on 28 November 2016.  The acquisition agreement involved the purchase and transfer of all shares of Lintec Graphic Films to Lintec’s wholly owned European subsidiary, Lintec Europe based in the Netherlands.

Xaar has signed an agreement with Xerox Corporation to partner in bulk piezoelectric (piezo) inkjet printheads.

Designers within Leach Studio, part of Huddersfield-based Leach, have come up with conceptual designs for the Eternal Egypt gallery at Bolton Museum. The images show four different stages of the potential visitor experience and interested parties are being asked on what they think works and how they would like the exhibition space to look. More detailed concepts will then be drawn up and final designs submitted in the spring, with the museum re-opening to the public in 2018.

Epson has decided which of the four textile designers from its ‘Design for Living’ initiative will have their work reproduced at Heimtextil to demonstrate the quality and flexibility of its digital textile printing technology.

The Onyx 12.1 software, unveiled at Viscom Frankfurt in November, is now available for the full Onyx software product line including Thrive, ProductionHouse, PosterShop and RipCenter Rip software.

Innotech has added the Valiant Roller Banner to its range.