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Fespa Digital 2016, European Sign Expo and Fespa Textile 2016 have all sold out according to the organiser.

Fastsigns International has relocated its UK head office from Chesterfield to the Staffordshire Technology Park near Stafford, and announced John Davies as the new UK managing director.?

Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) will run a HP Open Day on Thursday 28 January at the Art Systems premises in Nottingham. It will focus purely on HP's latex and flatbed printers. Representatives from GPT, HP and Art Systems will be on hand to provide demonstrations and advice.

A new report from Smithers Pira, ‘The Future of Global Printing to 2020’, examines the world markets for print and printed packaging to 2020, together with the key supplier sectors and profiles of the largest print and packaging groups globally.

Sales consultant Matthew Parker will run a free webinar on Friday 22 January at 5pm (UK time) for those seeking guidance on how to sell Web-to-print.

PrintIt! is hosting a mini competition in conjunction with supporter Antalis, which has recently added a range of wallcoverings to its product portfolio including ‘Paste the Paper’, ‘Paste the Wall’ and ‘Pre-Pasted’. PrintIt! students are being invited to design an information leaflet following the company’s brand guidelines, which describes all three application types to their customers.

At Fespa Digital 2016 Hollanders will show the ColorBooster DS, a double-sided 3.2m-wide textile printer.

Mimaki will launch its 3.2m-wide, roll-to-roll TS500P-3200 sublimation inkjet printer in February. The dedicated transfer paper printer for the textile industry has been tailored for home furnishings and indoor soft signage.

Fespa has released content detail for its Printeriors conference, which will take place on 10 March alongside Fespa Digital 2016 in Amsterdam.

MTEX has joined forces with textile software specialist AVA Cad Cam at Heimtextil 2016 (12-15 January) to show the MTEX Blue Pigment printers working with AVA’s Digital Print Design and Colour Solutions software.

Now available from William Smith is 3M’s new Envision Print Film 48, a non-PVC intermediate film suitable for various applications, including indoor and outdoor signage; wall, glass, door and floor graphics; windows and internal dividers; partial vehicle graphics on flat or simple curved areas; POP displays etc.

Avery Dennison will introduce six digital products at Fespa Digital 2016. These will include new MPI 1104 cast films, a new digital wall film portfolio.

Roland DG has added the LEF-300 to its VersaUV series of UV-LED flatbed inkjet printers. The model has a printing area of 770mm (wide) x 330mm (long) and can accommodate items up to 100mm in height and 8kg in weight.

Tharstern has appointed industry experts David Smith and Robert Pevey as part of its expansion into the North American market.