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Exaprint UK, an exclusively online print platform for graphic designers and marketing agencies as well professionals PSPs, has launched a white-labelled pricing tool called MyExa that allows resellers to include mark-ups and present prices as their own, adding their own branding.

Fujifilm UK will hold ‘How to' demonstrations focussed on creative printing on 22 - 24 September at its headquarters in Bedford.

EFI has released Midmarket Productivity Suite, with EFI Pace software as the core MIS and various capabilities including marketing automation, ecommerce, Web-to-print, planning, imposition, scheduling, shop-floor data collection, fulfilment, warehousing, shipping, and direct integration to JDF-enabled EFI Fiery digital front ends.

GEW (EC) has formed a new GEW SUV division dedicated to developing and marketing specialist industrial UV curing installations for the coating and converting industry. It’s a strategic response to the growing need of businesses using UV technology in areas as diverse as substrate coating and wood printing.

Neschen has expanded its portfolio of UVprint PP easy dot with a silk-matt white film made of environmentally friendly polypropylene (PP). The film, designed to keep its smooth surface after mounting in spite of the adhesive dot coating, is especially intended for UV-curing inks. In addition the manufacturer recommends UV-offset and UV-screen inks to achieve water and scratch-proof results in photo quality. The PP film is suitable for indoor use.

i-Sub Digital is to move into a building three times its current Kettering site before the end of 2015.

A reminder that William Smith Roadshows will be held at Lingfield Park Race Course, East Grinstead on Tuesday 29 September, and at The National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull on Thursday 1 October. To register go to: www.williamsmith.co.uk/2015roadshows

Avery Dennison is adding to its Digital Cast Films range with a new MPI 1104 series to meet the demand for quick-change graphics/messaging for vehicle and architectural projects.

McGowans has become the first company in the UK and Ireland to buy a Durst Rho 1312. It forms part of a €2m investment with Durst in the past 18 months, which has included a Rho 1030 and P10 320. Commercial printing on the newest machine goes live this week.

Onyx Graphics has announced Onyx 12, the next generation of its wide-format workflow and Rip products. It delivers Rip speeds twice as fast as Onyx 11, provides a simplified user interface and has more advanced finishing tools. The system, available to order from 31 August, is available for the full Onyx product line including Thrive workflow software, ProductionHouse, PosterShop and RipCenter.

A UV printing version of Digital Factory Rip software is now available from Cadlink Technology. The UV Edition, which currently supports Mutoh, Mimaki and Roland printers as well a selection of third-party custom printers, includes the following key features:

William Smith is to host roadshows at Lingfield Park Race Course (29 September) and The National Motorcycle Museum (1 October) to show its products and services, with teams from William Smith, 3M, Arlon, ContraVision and Vion on hand.

Graphics and Display Systems (GDS) in Tallaght, Ireland, is to take the country’s first Longier Hunter printer, an FR4650. The machine is being supplied by Cambridgeshire-based Hallmark Equipment Service, which is also planning a Longier Hunter printer install at Elementary Signs in Guildford, this being a FR3750 model. Both will use Nazdar inks branded Hunter 2014 UV LED.

Wide-format format specialist Papergraphics has boosted its management team with the appointment of Michelle Dellow as product manager. She joins from Muraspec Wallcoverings where she was responsible for coordinating products across Europe and the Middle East. Her new role will see her heading up the development and design of products that allow printers to expand into new sectors.