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Ricoh Europe is supporting the growing demand for industrial inkjet printheads used in wide-format graphics, textile and 3D printing via a new European Ink Jet Technical Centre in Telford.

Agfa Graphics and i-Sub Digital will jointly introduce the new Agfa Asanti workflow software at Sign and Digital UK 2014 with an in-depth presentation at the show's Business Theatre at 1.15pm on Thursday 1 May and via on-stand demonstrations.

Colorific is inviting visitors to Sign and Digital UK to bring their own files to print live on its Lightbar range of wide-format printers, including the recently launched UV640PC hybrid UV-curable/solvent print-and-cut machine which makes its official European debut at the event.

As part of a new partnership agreement with Laidback Solutions, Four Pees will distribute Laidback’s FileTrain product, which automates tasks and can be integrated with third-party solutions, including technologies Four Pees also distributes, such as Callas pdfToolbox Server, etc.

Reprocentre has become an accredited GMG solutions provider in Ireland.

Last year's inaugural Fespa China is to be followed by a second event this November in a new location: Guangzhou Pazhou Poly World Trade Centre.

Graphics Works in Milton Keynes rounded off a year of significant investment with the installation of a Canon Océ Arizona 660 XT flatbed in December 2013.

Fespa is ploughing around £120,000 into a project called Print Inspiration Rallye to get wide-format print application possibilities in front of creatives.

Epson aims to launch ten inkjet printers for professional print applications over the next 18 months as part of Seiko Epson president Minoru Usui's vision to become number one in all the markets it has now broken into.

Vistaprint has acquired 97% of Web-to-print specialist Pixartprinting for 127 million Euro. The remaining three percent will continue to be owned by Pixartprinting founder Matteo Rigamonti.

At Sign and Digital UK, QPS will introduce the Nazdar 202 Series ink developed specifically for the Roland Soljet Pro4 XF-640 and XR-640 units and the Roland VersaCamm VSi range.

Trevor Crawford, event director of Ipex 2014 and director of the Print Group, has left Informa Exhibitions.

Down in El Paso, Texas, Eureka! Signs has installed an EFI Vutek GS3250 Pro UV flatbed/roll printer.

Avery Dennison has appointed Jeroen Diderich vice president, global marketing.