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Interior architects Soda+ worked with X-Treme to deliver this XL print of a book page for the chapel within the Utrecht Central Museum.

Zund's demonstration suite in St Albans will host open days on 30 September and 1 October that will focus on two of the company’s cutting tables and feature Canon's Océ Arizona 480GT flatbed and ColorWave 700 printers. The Zund cutters on show will be the G3 XL3200 CVE16 and S3 L1200 CVE12 .

Marketing for the Fespa Digital 2016 event next March is kicking off with an invitation to PSPs to ‘Become a Digital Print Hero’. The visitor campaign centres around the event website (www.fespadigital.com) - where there will be blogs from Digiman, Textilewoman and ESEman discussing the latest industry trends and themes - plus the usual pre-show information.

Mimaki distributor Hybrid Services has appointed Stephen Woodall as national sales manager - textile and apparel. The move completes Hybrid’s sales management team across its core product ranges, with Woodall sitting alongside John de la Roche and Stuart Cole, national sales managers for sign and graphics and for industrial products respectively.

Perfect Colours is now demonstrating HP’s PageWide XL 8000 technology. Interested parties can book a demonstration at its London premises by visiting its new, dedicated microsite at www.perfectcolours.com/pagewide.

Asset finance specialist Academy Leasing is reminding printers to invest before the end of 2015 of maximise Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) tax savings. From 1 January 2016 the AIA will fall from the current rate of £500,000 to £200,000, reducing the tax relief cap on investments in equipment and development capital.

Kernow Coatings, a research-based manufacturer of large-format and narrow-format coated films, has been awarded £380,000 from the European Regional Development Fund in a project designed to create jobs, increase efficiency, and advance technology.

Talking Print will present an ‘Audio, Lights and Video in Print’ service for printers at the Print Show in October.

To celebrate 30 years in business Signbox is running a competition with a clever marketing angle. It is asking its customers to get involved in helping it produce a book titled ’30 Iconic Signs that Changed the World’, and offering one lucky participant the chance to get a wall in their home or office decked out with a bespoke wallpaper graphic.

The speaker line-up has been announced for IMI Europe's Ink Jet Conference 2015 in Amsterdam, 2 - 4 December 2015.

INX Digital has held a grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Prague. The 3,995m2 building, constructed to serve Europe, the Middle East and Asia, is the third new manufacturing complex the company has opened in the last 17 months, with two in Europe and one in North America.

Spandex has added the HP Latex 300 Series of printers its portfolio.

Walsh Graphics, distributor of wide-format media and display products in Ireland, aims to expand its UK reach by developing its e-commerce platform and expanding its sales team in 2016.

Granthams will hold a Mimaki open event at Hybrid Services' showroom in Crewe, Cheshire on 30 September to introduce participants to Mimaki printing and cutting solutions along with complementary technologies from partner companies.