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Two new fluorescent inks for Mimaki’s TS300P-1800 inkjet textile printers will be introduced at Itma, which starts in Milan this week. Available in yellow and pink, they have been developed for use in the low-volume, high-quality sublimation transfer paper fashion, sportswear, swimwear and shoes markets.

Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions has brought out a new Supreme Wrapping Film Diamond line that comprises ultra metallic Diamond Blue, Diamond Red, Diamond Amber, Diamond White and a Diamond Purple limited edition.

The PassIt! fundraising campaign for Proskills’ Schools into Industry Programme, PrintIt! has raised £4,340.

i-Sub will collaborate with Mimaki, Monti Antonio, d.gen, Reggiani, Epson, Coldenhove, Sensient and TexPaper at Itma 2015 to ensure visitors from the UK receive full information about both the technology and i-Sub's corresponding service and support.

New from Roland DG is the Texart XT-640, the second in the series of Texart dye sublimation transfer printers. It features dual printheads to achieve speeds of up to 63m2/hr.

ArtSystems, exclusive UK Neschen distributor, has introduced solvoprint, a non-woven printable wallpaper with a special coating that improves print quality.

Durst is making a Web-based database with over 1,500 tested roll media available to Rho printer users.

Callprint has revealed that sales figures for the first six months of 2015 are approaching £8m, an increase of 30% year-on-year.

Quality Print Services (QPS) will supply new Nazdar UV-cured inkjet inks, developed for the Fujifilm Acuity and Océ Arizona printer platforms respectively, in the UK.

SGIA Expo in the US is seeing a number of worldwide unveilings by EFI. These include:

PSPs are invited to attend the Fespa Global Summit, 1 - 2 December, at the Andaz Hotel in Amsterdam. The focus will be how to identify market opportunities and how to exploit them.

 Signbox has installed a new Durst Rho P10 160 UV inkjet printer to bolster capacity. It replaces kit from the same supplier.

MTEX Solutions will launch a Mini-Lab for sampling digitally printed textiles at Itma 2015 in Milan later this month (12 - 19 November). It comprises a coater, steamer, washer and dryer which, when coupled with a digital textile pigment, acid or reactive printer, will produce 1m2 square samples. The whole solution - minus the printer - has a list price of 59,950 Euro.

Inkjet printer manufacturers such as Inca and Agfa will use InPrint 2015 in Munich (10 - 12 November) to set out their industrial print stalls.