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Lancashire-based trade-only digital print house SuperWide Digital is seeking two new account managers following the showing of its graphic flooring system at Sign and Digital UK. "With our capabilities now extended, we're able to service more and more varied clients than ever," said Luke Drogan, business development manager at SuperWide. “The new account managers will consult with industry clients around the UK, complementing their capacity with timely and quality products”.

At Fespa Digital 3A Composites presented a number of new media including the Lumex range of transparent and translucent sheet material, Foamalite PVC range and an addition to the Kapa family.

Wall decoration specialist Graham and Brown has bought a HP Latex 360 from City and West End Solutions (CWE).

INX Digital showed off its new TP Series of printers equipped with the new Xaar 1002 printhead at Fespa Digital as promised. The Series, available in different widths and configurations, includes a conveyor-belt with optional board feeder and stacker, vacuum table and heavy-duty unwinder and rewinder. The TP160CB was introduced at the show as was the TP160-RR, a roll-to-roll printer for aqueous industrial applications.

Colormagic, a UK-based remanufacturer of inks for the wide-format digital printing market, has partnered with Bordeaux Digital Printink so it can expand its range of solvent and UV inks.

Eventureworks has begun running its second Roland VersaArt RE-640 wide-format printer, bought via Quality Print Services (QPS) at Sign and Digital UK.

Fespa Digital hit a new record in Munich last week, attracting 16,766 unique visitors, a 30% increase over Fespa Digital 2011 in Hamburg, the previous best. 49% of all visitors returned to the event for more than one day (40% in Hamburg), bringing the total attendance to 24,954 visits.

Visitors to the Lintec Graphic Films stand at Fespa Digital 2014 stand could see a new lightweight, dry apply film called RePop designed to replace traditional ‘cling’ PVC window film. RePop is a non-PVC dry adhesive, 50-micron polyester film with a paper release liner making it suitable for digital or screen print.

Chinese inkjet printer manufacturers Flora Digital Printing Systems and HandTop are looking for UK distributors for their large-format machines.

Fujifilm has taken its first order for an Inca Onset R40i, which was officially launched at Fespa Digital. The order was placed by the UK’s imageData Group at the event, which has also seen Caravan Industries sign for a second Inca Onset - a six-colour (CMYK plus Lc and Lm) Onset S40i with three-quarter automation.

MTEX Solutions has launched various new products into the textile printing space at Fespa Digital, including the MTEX Pad, MTEX 5032 Pro and MTEX W&D. The intention is for the company to be able to offer complete turnkey solutions those printing onto textiles in signage, interiors or fashion.

German company Onlineprinters has bought the first Durst Rho 312R 3.2m roll-to-roll printer, launched at Fespa Digital, where the Austrian manufacturer also introduced the Rho P10 200/250 HS hybrid printers, Rho 1300 Series UV flatbeds and Rhotex HS sift signage printer.

The first public showing of Gandy Digital’s SL8TE hybrid and flatbed entry-level UV inkjet printers has taken place at Fespa Digital.

Canon has unveiled the Océ Arizona 6100 Series, a new Arizona platform designed for sign and display print providers producing over 30,000m² of printed rigid media per year. There are two printers - the six-colour Océ Arizona 6160 XTS, and the seven-colour Océ Arizona 6170 XTS. The unit is also sold as the rebadged Acuity F Series by Fujifilm.