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Chinese OEM King Tau has launched an industrial-grade print engine incorporating Xaar printhead technologies.

A number of senior figures from the global Out of Home (OOH) industry have formed a global advisory company and consultancy - OOH Capital - aimed at accelerating the industry’s digital transformation. It is headed by Tom Goddard, president of the World Out of Home Organisation.

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has warned that raw material availability and prices hikes may end up as 2021’s biggest issue for the coatings and printing ink sector.


CorelDraw 2021 has been released, featuring professional graphic design software CorelDraw Graphics Suite for Mac and Windows. The CorelDraw.app has also been touch-optimised and is available as an iPad app.

Quality Print Services Ltd (QPS) has announced the immediate UK availability of Nazdar’s new 707 UV-LED plug-and-play inks for Mimaki JFX and UJF printers using the LUS150 Series.

swissQprint will be showcasing three new innovations at virtual.drupa 2021 - a high speed model of the Karibu UV roll-to roll-printer, an automatic double-sided printing option for the Karibu, and neon inks for UV printing.

Compass Business Finance has released a white paper on finding and funding mergers and acquisitions.

Banner Box Print Solutions - which recently acquired Bullitt Display Solutions - has announced further investment. The company has upgraded its Mimaki printers and invested in a CNC router. 

Antalis has appointed a new commercial director for its print, publishing, office and visual communications businesses. Simon Fisher takes over from Bruce Munro, who is retiring after almost 29 years with the business. 

Esko and Enfocus have confirmed that they will be jointly exhibiting at virtual.drupa where they will launch their ‘Cloud Freedom’ strategy.

The Barberan JetMaster series is now to include PrintFactory Automation workflow.

The first of the IPIA Big Breakfasts will take place on Thursday, 11 March.

Organisers of the Creative Retail Awards have extended the entry deadline to 30 April. They have also confirmed the awards event will go ahead in London on 14 October 2021.

Nazdar Ink Technologies has brought out a 706 Series of UV-LED inks for Mimaki UJV, UJF, JFX, and SIJ series printers using LUS120 Series inks. Quality Print Services (QPS), the main UK distributor of Nazdar inks, is stocking the alternative as of now.