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Agfa’s Apogee StoreFront 2.0 Cloud-based Web-to-print solution is now available and features support for variable data processing. Apogee StoreFront, which won the EDP’s ‘Best Web-to-print solution’ this year, has personalised address books and support for custom domain names.

Hull display specialist RMC Digital has taken delivery of its third printer in three years. The latest machine is an EFI Vutek GS3250LX 3.2m flatbed and roll-fed machine that incorporates 'cool cure' LED curing.

Bullseye hit the target with move into digital print and finishing, supported by CWE Solutions. If there was a trophy to be awarded for successful diversification into large format print and finishing, Bullseye would be printing their own name on it.

Digital Wordcrafts has extended its print room with a new Mimaki JV5-320S 3.2m-wide solvent printer from i-Sub Digital, giving the Leicester-based company the extra width and capacity required to handle larger work.

UK based Xtreme Graphics, known as XG Group, has just installed two new MTEX direct to textile 3.2m wide digital printers, bringing their fleet to number four. XG is a leader in all aspects of large format printing such as banners and displays and flags. Their commitment to their craft means they are continually investing in state of the art equipment for printing, finishing and display.

Fastsigns in Peterborough haven’t looked back since they started using Triangle inks five years ago. What has made them stick with Josero, the master distributor of Triangle inks in the UK and Ireland, is the sheer level of service they receive from the company.

New from William Smith is Arlon’s vehicle colour change film, Performance Plus Series 4600LX. It comes in eight gloss and three metallic colours as well as matt black. Arlon’s LX airflow adhesive technology, a repositionable air release adhesive, is said to make the film very easy to apply. This single layer cast film offers up to five years durability.

HP has announced a licensing agreement for large-format printed media with Brand Management Group (BMG), a subsidiary of S-One Holdings Corp., to improve product availability, distribution and service quality for HP-branded graphics and technical media used with HP Designjet Z-series and T-series aqueous ink printers.

When it relocated, Bolton at Home (a non-profit company that oversees the local council’s 18,000 homes), enlisted designer Stella Corrall to ensure that the interior design reflected the vision and aspirations of the organisation which plans to deliver £124 million of improvements to homes and estates in Bolton over the next five years. The result was a graphics treatment based on Lintec Graphic Films’ Vitrocolour E-2200ZC non-PVC process colour film.

New from Spandex is the Rollsroller Light Flatbed Applicator series for self-adhesive material applications. It is cheaper than the existing range and according to Spandex, one operator can apply up to 80m² of graphics in one hour.

More details have emerged on the World Print Summit that will take place alongside Ipex 2014. There will be 15 keynote speakers and 25 presentations on the future of print, with profitability and progress a key theme. Alongside those already named will be futurologist and author Richard Watson, and Clive Humby, the chief architect behind the Tesco Clubcard, who will talk of dealing with big data and using it to promote loyalty through understanding your customers through print.

Fujifilm is inviting creative agencies and print specifiers as well as PSPs from throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to visit its Advanced Print Technology Centre (APTC) in Brussels, to see exactly what can be achieved with inkjet print technologies.

A team of local advisors from Price Bailey, Leathes Prior and HSBC has worked together to help bring about a management buy-out at signs and graphics franchise Signs Express.

Hertfordshire-based print company Rocket has brought forward its 2014 expansion plans having secured contracts that have increased its turnover by 25% this year.