Steve Walker, commercial products manager at the BPIF, is urging PSPs to join its Climate Change Levy reduction scheme before the deadline on the 31 July. “It’s surprising that companies who can save more than £10,000 a year are finding it difficult to spare the resource to complete the paperwork,” said Walker, adding: “Upwards of £70,000 over the next five years could be saved under the BPIF CCL reduction scheme”.
Nazdar SourceOne has promoted Rob Coleman to vice president - textile business unit. In the role he will provide strategic leadership for the unit’s sales team in the US and Mexico.
Global Graphics Software is licensing three patents covering inventions by Mitchell J. Bogart, the inventor and managing member of Rampage LLC. The company plans to utilise the methods alongside its own software solutions for inkjet and to pass on the benefits exclusively to its OEM customers.
CADlink’s release of Digital Factory v10 Apparel software package includes new colour management, performance and automated production workflow enhancements - and it is available in various configurations for use with a number of direct-to-garment printers.
Soft drinks company Cawston Press will run its first ever outdoor advertising campaign from 18 June. The ‘Taste of Summer’ series of 6 sheet posters will go live across Waitrose operations as part of an integrated promotional and media campaign. The campaign creative, developed and produced by the Cawston Press in-house design team, is due to be rolled out across all areas of their marketing strategy as well as through external customer partners.
Roland DG will be flying the flag for England at its Creative Centre in Clevedon where it’s inviting PSPs to a World Cup-themed innovative printing day on 26 June.
Brett Martin has three new additions to its transparent sheet ranges - Marlon FS AR polycarbonate, Marpet-g FS AR PETg and Marpet-a FS AR aPET are made for signage, POS, poster covers and as protective screens. Their embossed surfaces provide anti-reflective qualities while providing high optical clarity of printed material. The substrates vary in size from 0.75-1.5mm thick at a sheet width of 1.25m.
Antalis has effectively established itself as a packaging manufacturer by installing a Zund G3 L-2300 at its head office in Coalville. The machine - a dual module cut and crease cutting table featuring a maximum cutting size of 1800mm x 3200mm - means Antalis can now create samples on-site to show customers how their packaging will look, while bespoke packaging samples can be turned around in 24 hours.
Tharstern has introduced a Layout Library tool developed to allow printers to teach their MIS how to lay down impositions in the correct way for their equipment and processes.
VGL has become the first company in the UK and Ireland to order a specialised version of Durst’s P5 250 HS printer. Configured with white as a printing colour, it will be installed at VGL’s Smallmead production facility in Reading this summer.
Esko, a Danahar company, has joined forces with other group subsidiaries to integrate its automation and collaboration solutions with X-Rite and Pantone colour technologies and AVT’s camera inspection solutions. The integrations were demonstrated during EskoWorld last week.
Nick Devine, ‘The Print Coach’, will be the keynote speaker at The Print Show 2018 (NEC, 18 - 20 Sept) where he will focus on new business selling and how the process can be simplified.
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