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In order to bring wide format printing in-house, Lancashire-based Ellison Printing invested in a new Mimaki CJV30-130 supplied by Paperlinx. Since taking delivery, the print company is benefitting from faster turnaround, increased productivity and improved margins.

Esko and Highcon have expanded their co-operation agreement; Highcon will distribute, install and support the Esko CAD Digital Front End (DFE) software to complement the Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine.

Sprint Direct, the hardware division of Sprint Solutions, has announced its next series of open days in Scotland. On show will be a selection of Roland print and cut machines and the Canon IPF6300 aqueous printer, along with Easymount/Matrix laminating and finishing equipment.

On 24-25 September Canon printing equipment will join Zund's cutting systems in St Albans to showcase how businesses can use the two brands together to create signage, displays and posters.

When the motor-sport division of construction and refurbishment specialists Barley McNaughton were looking to rebrand its new race car trailer, brand and design experts Brilliant Media turned to Orajet, supplied by Antalis, to transform a plain, full-sized articulated lorry into one of the most talked-about transporters on the racing circuit.

Xennia has a new managing director in the form of John Anderson, who took up the reigns on 28 July. His focus is to develop Xennia's global sales.

Kathy Woodward, the reforming CEO of the BPIF, died on 21 August. A statement from the BPIF said: Kathy was a phenomenal business woman whose career embraced the IT, telecoms and print industries. Not one to be led, Kathy was unafraid to make waves and consistently strived for both her businesses and staff to reach their full potential.

POPAI (Point of Purchase Advertising International), the trade body for the point-of-purchase display design and manufacturing industry, has given its support to Retail Design Expo 2015 which takes place at Olympia in London next March.

PaperlinX will showcase applications produced via digital technology, including wide-format, and present to commercial printers new opportunities for sales growth and additional revenue streams, at an event on 3 and 4 September.

The first stocks of the Mimaki JV300 printers, launched at Fespa Digital, has arrived at UK and Irish distributor Hybrid Services. This first batch is already sold. “We’ve had a demonstration machine in our showroom for several weeks and the response has been incredible. We’ve already got a waiting list for the next batch of machines,” said John de la Roche, national sales manager, sign and graphics at Hybrid.

Those seeking licensed Color-Logic printers can now go to a map on the Color-Logic website (www.color-logic.com). The new map shows indicates the print process each certified Color-Logic printer uses-including inkjet, offset lithography, flexography, digital printing and screenprinting.

Alchemie Technology will launch a licensing programme for the Jetronica FabriCoater technology at the IMI Ink Jet Technology Showcase in the US, 3 - 4 September.

Jonathan Berry and Paul Harrison of Envision Media in Skelmersdale have celebrated their company's tenth birthday with the purchase of a Bobis Lite applicator table with LED under lighting from Atech. "It will turn what is a two man sign making process into a one man job and will increase production capacity by around 200%," said Berry.

Proskills UK managing director Jonathan Ledger is calling for the print community to back Schools Into Industry project PrintIt!. “PrintIt! needs industry help more than ever. With no other funding source, it is essential that the print, paper and allied industries and sub-sectors continue to support PrintIt! both financially and in-kind,” he said.