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Sihl Direct UK has appointed former Paperlinx man Kelvin Furniss as regional sales rep for the Midlands.

Futurologist Richard Watson will deliver the talk ‘Futurevision - The World of Print in 2020’ at the Two Sides and Print Power Autumn Seminar.

Wide-format media supplier Soyang Europe is to put its latest surface coverings directly in front of a creative audience by exhibiting at the 100% Design show at Earl's Court in September.

From 23 September to 4 October the Mead Carney Gallery in Dover Street, London, will be showing works by American artist Jeffrey Kroll that wed mobile photography and painting with images printed onto canvas via large-format Jetrix inkjet printers.

USA-based Dome Printing has purchased a pair of 3.2-metre wide EFI Vutek printing systems. The recently installed EFI Vutek HS100 Pro UV inkjet press and EFI Vutek GS3250lx Pro LED inkjet printer are the centrepieces of Dome Printing's new, superwide-format graphics business.

Enfocus has announced PitStop FontFix, a new Adobe Acrobat Pro and Standard plug-in that checks and replaces fonts missing from PDF files.

Graphics specialist Logoshack has installed a tailor-made Zund S3 L-1200 cutting system.

Together with Verseidag Indutex, a German-based supplier of coated fabrics and technical textiles, Orafol has introduced a product combination for premium backlit banner signs.

J-Teck3 has come under the umbrella ownership of Kiian Digital as part of the latter’s intention to grow its offering and reach. J-Teck3, which develops disperse, sublimation and pigment printing inks, will continue to operate under its own name in its current location. Its former owners, Italo Mariani and Enrico Grasselli, have become minority stakeholders in Kiian Digital and will sit on that board. They both remain in their management roles at J-Teck3 where they will be involved in the ongoing development of the business.

Large-format print businesses could benefit from a business growth financial support progamme called Creative Industry Finance that is about to be launched by Creative United.

Mark Bartlett, managing director of Signbox has provided the following in relation to NFC technology and its uptake:

The British Sign and Graphics Association (BSGA) has issued new guidelines for sign makers and sign buyers covering two safety critical areas. It has also released copies of three International Sign Association (ISA) ‘white papers’ on wayfinding, typography and signs, and a wide format-print and media mix survey.

Print waste company J&G Environmental has won a Green Apple Environment Award in the national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities. It competed against more than 500 other nominees in the Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice, and will be presented with a trophy and certificate at a ceremony in the Houses of Parliament on 10 November.

Palmer Publicity Services has celebrated 25 years in business with a customer and supplier party at its Riverside HQ in Preston, where founders Noel and Lesley Palmer showed-off their latest investment; two HP latex printers installed just prior to the party.