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At the end of the recent Signs Express convention seven awards were presented - three for signage (exterior, vehicle and project) plus those for productivity, innovation, most collaborative franchisee and culminating in the Franchisee of the Year Award, which went to Signs Express (North and North East Lincolnshire).

Drytac has extended its distribution deal with Antalis to include Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Effective from 1 December 2013, Antalis will distribute Drytac’s entire range of films and adhesives throughout the Baltics.

System Label has bought a Roland Soljet Pro4 XF-640 wide-format printer at its Ireland headquarters in Roscommon. The new machine, from Roland dealer Neopost, has joined a growing family of Roland printers at the company, including a Soljet XC-540 and a VersaCamm SP-300V printer/cutter.

Jason McNulty has joined GPT from Paperlinx UK, where he was product sales manager. He takes up the post of hardware sales manager at GPT where he will be responsible for growing the company’s hardware business and also promoting the GPT brand in the North of England.

Andrea Pizzola has been appointed by Pixartprinting as sales and marketing director. The move is part of a strategic growth plan by the Italian-based Web-to-print company that is predicating a 56m Euro consolidated turnover for 2013. Founded by Matteo Rigamonti in 1994, the business has been undergoing a reorganisation since becoming 'manager-managed' company, and in just one year the company hired 100 new staff bringing the number of employees up to 320.

Showcard Print, a provider of POP applications for the retail market, has spoken about being the first European company to install an Inca Onset S50i.

Inca Digital has launched the Onset S50i, the first of a new series of UV flatbed printers to have been designed from the ground up using new Onset Scaleable Architecture developed to increase machine longevity. Letchworth-based Showcard Print is the first European company to install an Onset S50i having beta tested it between May and August.

Survival of the fittest – change is the key to success

Improved customer choice was behind C3imaging’s purchase of an MTEX 5032 fabric printer from Digital Print Innovations (DPI).

As a company that has invested over £750k in the last 12 months, PS2 Print has developed from a repro print and design business to a company that can fulfil virtually all print demands. Since its inception in 1995, the Runcorn based company has rapidly evolved with its latest diversification being to enter the large format print sector.

Arlon’s Series 5400 etched glass calendered film is now available from William Smith. It is a  silver, intermediate vinyl with pressure sensitive adhesive that can be used for internal or external applications. It comes with up to a five-year indoor durability and three-year outdoor durability guarantee.

InfoTrends will be producing the business development track at the EFI Connect Worldwide Users’ Conference in January in Las Vegas. It will be led by InfoTrends’ senior consultants, backed by customer research and examples from successful PSPs.

The Microprint inkjet capsule filter has been added to the Inprinta range. It has been designed to ensure excellent particle retention through the use of pleated polymer filter packs. The company said that this, together with a porous polypropylene core, enables the capsule filter to provide an impermeable barrier to foreign particles.

Fespa has revamped its awards structure, making it an annual competition and opening it to any print service provider, anywhere in the world. The Fespa Awards 2014 opens for entries this week at www.fespa.com/awards.