News

As of February, CMA Imaging, in collaboration with Reforest’Action, will plant/protect a tree in Peru for each roll of inkjet media sold.

In recognition of the need to inject new blood into the print industry, Ipex 2014 will run a ‘Youth Day’ programme for students from secondary schools, colleges and universities at its World Print Summit theatre on the Saturday of the show.

EFI has reported a record revenue of $727.7 million for the 12 months to the end of December 2013, up 12% for the same period in 2012.

Neschen will unveil a new corporate design when it appears at the Wetec 2014 trade fair for advertising, large-format digital printing and illuminated signage as part of Expo 4.0 in Stuttgart next month.

Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), the developer of software, drivers, firmware and electronics for industrial inkjet printheads, has announced a low power regenerative Head Interface Board (HIB) for the Fujifilm DimatixSG1024 StarFire printheads.

New from Innotech are Origin Carbon (80cm and 85cm widths) and Frontier Carbon (85cm wide) roller banners. They have a graphic height of 2 m and a snap clip rail allows for ease of graphic installation. 

Tim Watts of TWA People Development has become a ‘Paper Industry Ambassador’ within the Proskills employer engagement team.

North Yorkshire-based Dalesflex Signs and Graphics was founded 18 months ago to serve the ever-expanding market for vehicle wraps, alongside traditional wide format print applications.

Bullseye Print and Awards has launched a new dedicated large-format printing website to showcase its expertise in UV, solvent and sublimation printing.

Armour systems manufacturer Hardwire LLC has bought a 2m-wide EFI Vutek QS2 Pro UV inkjet printer to improve its custom decoration processes.

Process Metallic Color System developer Color-Logic has certified Case Paper Sonata Silver and Sonata Rainbow laminated paperboard substrates for use with the process in UV inkjet applications.

Durst has confirmed the appointment of Bernd Würth as new marketing manager for Durst Industrial Inkjet Application, which specialises in the manufacture and international sales of industrial production lines for intelligent surface printing.

As of April, Japanese wide-format printer and cutting plotter manufacturer Mutoh will unify its EMEA warehousing and logistics activities.

Fespa has arranged discounted flight prices for those travelling with Lufthansa to Fespa Digital 2012 in Munich (20–23 May 2014).