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Signarama will use the Business Start-up Show and Business Show at Olympia later this week to flag up its franchise opportunities.

Elearning provider, EssentialSkillz, has launched an ecommerce website (www.courses123.com) with automated 24 hour health and safety elearning courses.

Former printing trade unionist Brenda Dean, now Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, is to be president of The Printing Charity in 2017.

Fast growing Italian-based W2P company Pixartprinting has a new CEO. Paolo Roatta, who has been MD since July, replaces Alessandro Tenderini in the post. Plant manager Alessio Piazzetta joins Roatta on a new board of directors.

Mida Sign Services, which installed a Signracer 3200 UV LED hybrid printer on 22 September, is considering a second as it continues its expansion.

Epson’s inks and printers have received the International Oeko-Tex Association's Eco Passport certification for safe and sustainable textile chemicals.

Leeds-based 4D Creations has won the ‘Wide-format Project of the Year’ gong at in the BSGA’s 2016 awards. It was praised for its work on transforming a disused hanger in Hull into a high quality warehouse by wrapping the corrugated exterior of the building with an eye-catching display.

William Smith has added new options to its Vion VP3000 Series of monomeric calendared digital printing films. They include a gloss white film with grey permanent or removable adhesives, matt white film with grey removable adhesive and a matt clear film with permanent adhesive, which can be used as a base film or overlaminate.

Xaar has won the ‘Design and Innovation’ award and was named a ‘People and Skills’ finalist at The Manufacturer MX Awards. In addition, Xaar’s Justin Noble was a finalist for the ‘Young Manufacturer of the Year’ award.

Sign and Digital UK organisers have launched a time-limited product promotions website at http://productpromotions.signuk.com. The new site will be live until 22 November.

The new Azon Razor UV printer from the Croatian manufacturer incorporates an LED curing system that allows it to print on various surfaces and three-dimensional objects up to 290mm wide and 200mm in height.

Roland DG’s VersaWorks Dual Rip and print management software now support more of the company’s inkjet printers and printer/cutters.

High Society Limousines has ‘reworked’ one of its fleet to give it the wow factor. As well as wrapping the car - called Airbus - it has added amplified sound mimicking an aircraft idling, along with running lights for the wings and wheels. Inside, it has had a full fit out including inflight screens, an in-vehicle bar, disco lights and a karaoke machine.

Xaar has introduced the Xaar 502 family of greyscale piezoelectric drop-on-demand printheads. The first release is the Xaar 502 GS15 O, optimised for coding and marking applications.