News

Ink producer Sun Chemical has made its online troubleshooting guide available as an app for mobile devices. Available on Google Play and the Apple App Store, the app helps PSPs resolve common technical defects that can arise during a print run.

The Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems’ (FSIS) screen and UV wide-format ink manufacturing facility in Broadstairs, Kent, has won the 2014 ‘Sustainable Innovation’ and ‘Manufacturing Champions’ awards.

Roland DG has signed up to exhibit at the inaugural Retail Design Expo at Olympia in London (10 - 11 March), where it will share a stand with wide-format consumables supplier and partner Doro Tape UK.

Fespa has taken its Print Inspiration Rally wide-format application showcase to the interiors show ‘imm’ in Cologne this week, where it is stationed outside the south entrance. The overhauled American school bus will then travel to Ghent in Belgium for the interior design show ‘Intirio’ that takes place 1 - 4 February.

A collaboration between Northants-based FTC UK and US manufacturer Safety Speed has resulted in an international award-winning large-format cutter.

Cash grants of up to £1,500 each are now available to help cover costs associated with education or training courses for a career in printing, publishing or graphic arts in the UK. Entries close Friday, 29 May 2015.

Atlantic Tech Services has moved into new larger premises to support the growth in sales of AEG UV printers, solvent and UV ink and media products, and the growth in the company’s service and support maintenance contracts for Mimaki, Roland and Mutoh solvent printers.

Colourgen will include the new 24in ValueJet 628 with eco solvent inks, and the ValueJet 1624 with new 1l eco solvent ink bags on its stand at Sign and Digital UK 2015 in March. Also on show will be the new Mutoh 426UF A3+ LED UV printer for printing personalised products, labels and gadgets.

New from Drytac is Scuff Guard, a 150µ (6 mil) textured PVC protective over-laminate film with a matte finish offering good scuff resistance for all types of printed graphics. Applications include the over-lamination of short term indoor floor graphics courtesy of Scuff Guard’s R10 anti-slip rating. When combined with Drytac FloorTac printable vinyl for floor graphics the new film is warrantied for six months when used in high traffic indoor areas.

Fespa is launching a Printeriors showcase and conference alongside its main event in Cologne, 18 - 22 May. It will target the design community, highlighting the creative potential of using print to realise interior design concepts for retail, residential, corporate and hospitality settings.

Coinciding with Fespa’s announcement that it is launching interiors event Printeriors this May, comes news that InfoTrends has recently completed a study ‘Profiting through Digital Printing in the Decor Marketplace’, as part of a series of research projects that over time will cover the main methods and applications using digital technologies for industrial decorative printing.

Sign and Digital UK organisers have announced the seminar programme for the event, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham, 24 - 26 March. Three of this year’s five theatre timetables are now live online at: www.signanddigitaluk.com/seminars/ and currently feature over 15 daily sessions set to explore the 2015 theme ‘Creating Business Connections’. Schedules for the final two theatres, the Business Theatre and the Signmakers’ Workshop, will be available shortly.

HP used Heimtextil 2015 in Frankfurt last week to introduce its third generation WallArt. Cloud-based service that helps simplify the design, visualisation and production of customised wall graphics applications.

Summa Cutter Control 5.0 is now available. With the integration of a new Summa Camera Control System in Cutter Control the S Class 2 CAM units now have the possibility to read Summa postnet barcode, making automated workflow possible.