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Kernow has rebranded its product ranges to make it simpler and easier for customers to find the right media.

Cestrian Imaging has become the first printing company in the UK to install a fully loaded EFI Reggiani Pro 340 digital textile printer. The 340cm-wide device, which has 16 ink channels, will enable Cestrian to capitalise on growing opportunities, such as the trend for printing designs onto large-format rolls of textile.

Leeds-based Digital Plus has installed an Agfa Jeti Mira flatbed printer 18 months after investing in an Anapurna M3200i roll-to-roll machine.

The latest ‘Printing Outlook’ survey from the BPIF reveals that whilst 49% of responding printers maintained output levels in the first quarter of 2016 and 25% were able to increase output, 26% experienced a fall. The resulting balance (the difference between the ups and the downs) was -1; well below the forecasted balance of +33, and the first negative balance since Q1 2013.

World Textile Information Network (WTiN) and IMI Europe have signed a strategic partnership for co-operation in the delivery of events and intelligence for the inkjet technology and textile user community.

The Shop and Display Equipment Association (SDEA) is offering grants to UK companies in the retail display industry to help them boost exports through exhibiting at EuroShop 2017 in Dusseldorf. Grants worth £45,000 are available through the association to SMEs taking on the Government’s challenge to double exports by 2020.

Drupa will be the launchpad for the 3.2m wide Acuity LED 3200R from Fujifilm. The roll printer builds on the success of the Acuity LED 1600 II UV inkjet printer introduced last year, and the original Acuity LED 1600 that came to market in 2012. It will be commercially available in the middle of this year.

A reminder that the closing date for applicants to the annual Print Futures Awards funding is 27 May. Grants of up to £1,500 are available to help pay for costs associated with training courses for a career in printing, publishing, packaging and graphic arts.

The 3D printing industry is forecast to grow from $5.8bn in 2015 to more than $50bn in the next ten years according to new Smithers Pira report ‘The Future of 3D Printing Materials for Industrial Applications to 2026’.

Aslan Ultra Tack is now available in a matt version. The polymeric self-adhesive film UltraTack matt Aslan DFP 08 ASLAN DFP 08 is printable with major inkjet systems, and has an outdoor durability of seven years.

Chatham-based PressOn is ramping up its push into the bespoke interior decor print market with the launch of ‘Woolly Wallpapers’ in conjunction with Detta Textiles and Robin Sprong Wallpapers.

Inkjet bespoke systems company IIJ, will be offering “deep” technical advice on the use of inkjet printing to Drupa visitors in a customer-finding mission for itself and Konica Minolta.

Iconic Signs in Cambridge is wrapping around 60 classic Volkswagen campervans with bespoke retro ‘70s designs. The vans will be available for rental in France, Spain and New Zealand via holiday company WeDubYou.

Stanford Marsh, an independent solutions provider for the wide-format and 3D print sectors, has been presented with a PageWide Partner award by HP. The company has been named ‘Best Partner from Day One for HP PageWide XL Technology.’