News

New data from the British Coatings Federation’s business confidence index highlights a pessimistic outlook when it comes to printing inks.

StackaWraps Global has expanded its print partner network with a number of new sign-ups. Simpson Group, Delta Group, DS Smith and Mouveworxs are the latest to join, allowing them to offer their clients Stackawraps three-dimensional, card-based, POS display prints. 

ImageCo has kicked off an Indie Initiative to help revive the high street through the renovation of local storefronts and interiors.

Northern Flags and sister company FaberExposize UK have made a big statement in their support for the England men's football team by unveiling the largest environmentally sustainable banner in the country.

Embrace Building Wraps has clothed the iconic Peter Jones department store in Chelsea, London, with digitally printed mesh PVC to hide its façade facelift works.

The Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) has seen its membership grow 5% during the Covid pandemic.

Fujifilm’s Acuity Prime and Acuity Ultra R2 wide-format printers have each picked up Red Dot 2021 design awards.

HP, in conjunction with Ergosoft, Summa and Klieverik, will run a free-to-attend soft signage webinar on 15 July.

The D3000-A1R is the first in a new range of Epson printheads that support ink circulation at nozzle level, educing nozzle cleaning and capping requirements. The printhead can be used either in single colour 1200dpi mode or with two colours at 600dpi.

The deadline for entry to the first UK Graphic Awards has been extended until Friday 16 July.

Roland DG has added orange and red to its EUV5 inks offering for the VersaUV LEC2 Series of UV roll-to-roll printer/cutters and VersaUV LEC2 S-Series UV flatbed printers. The company has also introduced a larger version of the optional extension table for the LEC2-640.

HP and Perfect Colours are co-hosting a webinar at 2pm on 14 July 2021 to highlight Latex wide-format print solutions.

GMG has extended the colour-matching capabilities of ColorServer and OpenColor with a new optional GMG ColorBook - a Pantone-licensed colour reference for simulating Pantone and custom colours based on a precise set of real print conditions. 

A Roland DG study of 250 print companies from across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain suggests PSPs will increase their use of plastic, metal, wood and PVC for UV printing over the course of 2021.