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Digital print media specialist Soyang Europe is calling for entries to the ‘Wide-format Project of the Year’ category of this year’s BSGA British Sign Awards. It is the second year running that Soyang has sponsored the award. The closing date for entries is 4 September 2015, with awards being presented later in the year at a ceremony at the East Midlands Conference Centre.

PrintIt! has release a video of the 10th Annual PrintIt! Awards Ceremony recently held at Leicester College. You can see it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWNXsu3ZYc&feature=youtu.be

Watford-based exhibition and event project management specialist Rocket has bought an MTEX 5032 3.2mdirect-to-textile printer. It complements the company’s existing solvent and UV print solutions, which include a 5m GS5000R, two QS 3200, and three Mimaki JV33-160 machines, several of which were added at the beginning of 2015.

French specialist large-format company Figarol has used its 5m wide Figatex 5000 printer to produce a 1000m2 print for the Rock Werchter festival.

Agfa Graphics has released version 3.0 of StoreFront, its Cloud-based Web-to-print workflow system designed for the Asanti and Apogee markets.

Becoming a Berger Textiles distributor is paying off for CMYUK according to consumables manager Michael Crook, who said the company has “seen steady growth over the first two years with an increased accelerated growth of just over 100% in the last 18 months.”

Callprint is recruiting sales staff, support personnel and project managers for its Middle East operations. The newcomers are being sought for the company’s Dubai hub and for a second planned site in the region. Potential sites are being considered in Doha and Abu Dhabi.

Mirri, a division of Celloglas, has appointed a new business development manager in the shape of Mark Askham to help grow its POS involvement. He is currently working on a new range of products designed specifically to cater for POS projects.

South London based Displayways has invested in Agfa’s Asanti PDF-based workflow together with an Anapurna M3200 RTR 3.2m wide printer to improve quality and efficiency.

This summer Soyang Europe is celebrating 10 years in the digital print media industry. There has been tremendous growth for the company over the last decade, with innovative new products, staff expansion and new premises, which looks set to continue with new additions to its product portfolio. 

In the rapidly growing vehicle wrapping sector, customers are demanding ever more creative solutions to make a real statement. Coleshill-based Sign & Graphics Services (SGS), a family-run business in the West Midlands has now taken the medium to new heights (quite literally!), with investment in a Mimaki JV150-160 solvent printer.

In a significant strengthening of its presence in the North American and Latin American markets, Xaar, the world’s leading inkjet technology specialist, has appointed Don Whaley as Director of Sales, Xaar Americas. In addition, the company has also opened a new sales and support office in Texas.

Mimaki has announced a joint development with ESKO to simplify digital packaging production for companies that produce packaging samples and mock-ups, as well as small packing runs and personalised packaged goods.

A number of inks within Fujifilm’s Uvijet UV range for wide-format print applications have received the Nordic Ecolabel certification. Produced at the Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems (FSIS) manufacturing facility in Broadstairs, and inks concerned include Uvijet KI, KV, OZ, OB, OL, OW, QN, WH, WI and LL.