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Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) will again hold its October Festival of Signs, Display and Graphics Applications - otherwise known as Printoberfest - at its Reading base on 7 - 8 October.

Canon Eurpe has introduced the Océ ColorWave 810 and 910 as successors to the Océ ColorWave 900.

Drytac Europe has brought out a new clear gloss polyester film called WipeOut for personalised dry erase graphics applications.

Father and son team Stephen and Ben Hall have become owners of Signs Express (Central Lancashire) based in Preston.

Aslan has made modifications to its opaque, polymeric colour film range PremiumColour Aslan C 118 Soft so that it is compliant with Reach, and it has added matt black and white options

Adding to its armoury of wide- and super-wide format printers, Hollywood Monster has augmented its capability to print high quality, durable and colour-matched graphics and displays with the purchase of a 2m Vutek H2000 Pro. Supplied and installed by Shrewsbury-based specialist CMYUK, this is the third EFI platform in which the company has invested in as many years, and enables it to up its daily production onto a broad selection of rigid and roll-fed materials.

A new wide-format media brand - Westland Digital - has been brought to market by PPB, the new umbrella name for Proctors, Buchanan Paper and Board, and A&R Board. To support this new portfolio, PPB has taken on former PaperlinX employees Joanne Smeeton and Glenn Crowley as digital sales specialists.

CMYUK has taken on a new business development manager in the form of Paul Warwick to drive its application-led consumables innovations.

Roland has launched Eco-Sol Max 3 inks for use with its eco-solvent printers and printer/cutters. The new ink has been developed to deliver faster drying times and better overall performance levels. Available in 220cc and 500cc cartridges, they also come at a lower price per cc of ink said the company.

Colorific Solutions has been renamed CSL Digital. The rebrand coincides an announcement from Roland DG that it has appointed CSL Digital to be an authorised dealer for its digital printing and cutting technologies.

New from ColorGate comes The Rapid Spectro Cube (RSC), an all-in-one colour management solution for the creation of ICC-profiles. It can take substrates up to 600 x 600mm with a maximum substrate thickness of 80mm, while processing up to 10000 patches per target.

Spandex has added Avery Dennison’s diamond films to its Supreme Wrapping Films (SWF) range. The new diamond collection offers an ultra-metallic finish in five colours: white, red, blue and amber plus one limited edition - purple. The new films are available by the metre for next day delivery from Spandex.

Organisers of Sign and Digital UK 2016 have unveiled a new look for the “UK’s sign making, display solutions and digital printing event” event, which takes place in halls 17/18 of the NEC on 19 - 21 April next year.

Nazdar’s 153 Series inks are now available. They are designed for use in Mimaki JV3, JV33 and JV5 printers using ES3 inks.