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To show sign and display printing companies how they can grow their wide-format business, Agfa Graphics created a movie called 'Eye of the Master'. It tells the story how at Agfa Graphics, every aspect of the production process is mastered, from pigments through to the final wide-format print. See it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422411861&feature=player_embedded&x-yt-cl=84924572&v=EFB2UO0fjJU

PODi is calling on digital print providers to take part in its new initiative, the PODi Launch Pad Pavilion, at the Technology for Marketing and Advertising Show (TFM&A) in London later this month.

SAi has introduced a new interface for large-format print providers to operate the HP WallArt 3.0 customised wallcovering application.

Agfa Graphics will show the Anapurna M2500i with optional automated board feeder (ABF) for the first time in Europe at C!Print in Lyon this month. It will be demonstrated in the Atelier Plug & Play, a 1000m² creative workshop at the centre of the hall.

Sign and Digital UK will see the European introduction of the 3.2m UV roll printer, the Jetrix RX3200.

Available either as a four-colour (CMYK) or eight-colour (CMYK Light Cyan Light Magenta Light Black and Light Yellow) printer, the RX3200 uses 16 Konica KM series (14pl) printheads for output resolution up to 1440dpi. Print speeds are up to 169m2/hr in production mode – 36m2/hr in the best quality setting. Features include an easy winding system for heavy media and an automatic nozzle cleaning function.

Mimaki has attained the OEKO-TEX accreditation for direct skin contact for its Sb300 series dye sublimation inks and Sb53 sublimation transfer inks. The company has been awarded the Standard 100, product class Il. This concerns textiles and inks which, when used as intended, have a large part of their surface in direct contact with the skin. The certification shows the inks fulfill the requirements of Annex XVII of REACH as well as the American requirement regarding total content of lead in children's articles.

MTEX Technologies will show the new Vision direct-to-textile printer with direct disperse inks at Sign and Digital UK.

Stewart Bell, MTEX MD said: “A recent Infotrends report showed that the worldwide value of digital textile print was $5.8bn in 2013 with a forecast annual growth of 39% to 2018, making it a fast-growing and profitable market. Our turnkey solutions allow businesses to enter this exciting market from a standing start. We deliver every element required for textile production including the site survey, site plans and installation.”

Former Toyota Motor Europe man Charles-Henri Levy-Morelle has been appointed director of supply chain and products management at colour management technology company CMA Imaging. The company has created six more positions in technical support, sales support, and accounting, to help facilitate this instrumental growth phase.

Social media management solution provider Sendible will bring together experts for a live online discussion, focusing on the ‘Future of Social Media for Business’, on 5 February.

Topics covered will include: The future of social media selling; brand reputation; customer service and retention; why social media is an integral part of any business.

As a part of its commitment to the Carbon Capture scheme, Kall Kwik in Oxford has taken part in a tree planting day in Heartwood Forest, Hertfordshire. More than 3,000 trees were planted at a site which is set to become the UK’s biggest continuous new native woodland.

Two new Canon imagePrograf printers will be available to order next month. The iPF670 is a 24in wide machine and the iPF770 a 36in wide one, the latter also available as an MFP, with an optional large format scanner and 22in touchscreen display attachment. Canon said both models can print an A1 equivalent image in 28 seconds in the fastest print mode.

Displayways has just completed a £500,000 investment that includes a move to new offices, the creation of a showroom with an ‘ideas room’, a Mimaki JFX500 UV 3m x 2m flatbed printer, an Agfa Annapurna 3200 3.2m wide UV roll-to-roll printer, new workflow systems and new finishing equipment.

InPrint 2016 will take place in Milan in 2016. FM Brooks, the organiser of industrial print show has confirmed the show dates of 9 - 11 November 2016, at MiCo, located close to Milan city centre, Italy.

Signs Express (Portsmouth) has new owners. Ray Allenby and Jane Wiles have taken over the 13-year-old franchise in Cosham, where they are updating equipment and recruiting staff.

Wiles previously worked for the Hull centre for ten years in an office manager role. Allenby, her partner, previously worked in South Africa.