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Kyocera has developed a LED that produces a colour spectrum very close to natural sunlight and thus useful for colour-inspection applications.

The search to find the world’s best commercial holograms is now underway with nominations open for the 2014 Excellence in Holography Awards.

Tecco has increased its media offering for eco solvent, solvent, latex and UV printers. This includes four different canvas qualities, amongst them a 64in print width option called CM380 Canvas Matt. Also new are wallpapers for inkjet printing, including NW smooth prepasted and available in roll widths of 55 cm and 111cm.

Signs Express has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2014 British Franchise Association HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards. The award was open to the UK’s 930 franchise brands and the company has been shortlisted along with six others. Winners will be announced 26 June.

Macro Art is under new ownership following the completion of a management buyout led by James Jennings (managing director), Michael Green (commercial director) and Matthew Guise (sales director).

Warwickshire-based Sticky Media Signs and Graphics has bought a Summa F1612 flatbed cutter following the extension of its HP latex printer line-up earlier in the year.

Liverpool's Kirkby Signs has diversified into mobile advertising vans following the recent installation of a 64in-wide Roland Pro 4 XR-640 and Nazdar inks supplied by Quality Print Services. The company also operates a five-year-old, 54in-wide Roland SolJet Pro 2 with Nazdar 2000 inks.

i-Sub Digital has appointed a new business development manager in the form of Sharon Redhead. With 15 years' experience in the industry, she decided it was “time for a change” and headed to Sign and Digital UK this spring in search of new opportunities. After meeting Andy Spreag, director of i-Sub Digital, Redhead was offered the new position.

Fespa is helping fund a new training programme for printers in Turkey. As part of its ‘Profit for Purpose’ commitment in Eurasia, Fespa - working through its Turkish National Association, Ared - has invested 50,000 Turkish Lira (approximately 18,000 Euro) in Mersinli Technical and Industrial Vocational College, Izmir, Turkey.

New from Onyx Graphics is its Textile Edition software designed specifically for the large-format textile printing market. The package includes all the functionality of Onyx 11 software - such as Swatchbooks, sewing marks and disproportionate scaling - with the addition of textile-specific features. It combines Step-and-Repeat, Colorways and Ink Configuration Builder functions with Onyx Color - Onyx Graphics’ proprietary colour engine -  to increase the predictability of colour textile output.

Akronn Industries, the silicone release liner and coating business launched last year by Stellar Films Group, has expanded its product range and made two significant appointments.