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Sihl Direct UK’s environmentally friendly billboard and poster media, TriSolv, can be used on the new generation HP latex printers, including the L26500 and L28500 as well as the LX 600/ LX 800 machines.

The newly released SAi EnRoute 5.1 software package includes more than two dozen new productivity enhancing features and improvements, including new import filters, additional nesting options for the Automatic Toolpath Processing (ATP) option and new Parametric Textures.

Inca Digital has launched its third Excellence Awards (IDEAs 2014) to celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of the work its customers produce using UV inkjet technology. Judges evaluate entries based upon quality, innovation and creativity across five different categories: display graphics, 3D POS, interior decoration, product decoration, and interactive displays. The five category winners will each receive an IDEAs Trophy, travel to Munich, and two nights’ accommodation to attend Fespa Digital 2014. As an added incentive this year, award winners will also be able to attend the Inca Digital Summit, concurrently held in Munich on 20 May. Winners will receive their awards in the evening during an event jointly hosted by Inca and Fujifilm.

Agfa, which signalled its intention to enter the textiles market with the Ardeco printer back at Fespa 2013 in the spring, has shown the machine publically for the first time at SGIA.

Ink performance, media flexibility and consistent colour control have been key considerations in Kaylee having ordered a Fujifilm Acuity Advance Select X2 to replace its outdated digital flatbed equipment.

Durst, which introduced the Rho 2012 UV flatbed at Fespa 2013, showed off the higher productivity Variodrop version for the first time at the SGIA show. The initial unit had a 12 picolitre drop size and could produce up to 490m2/hr at 1000dpi. With the Variodrop greyscaling technology the drop size changes to 20 picolitres and the printer is said to be up to 25% more productive.

HP has used the SGIA show in the US to announce upgrades, certifications and workflow solutions for its large-format sign and display portfolio.

Mimaki has added the Tx500-1800B high-speed textile printer to its offering. The machine, which includes a tensionless conveyor belt to feed the fabric - enabling high quality printing on elastic materials, even with unattended operation - prints at speeds 1.6 times greater than conventional Mimaki textile printing products at 60m2/hr and 600 x 450 dpi. It can handle a wide range of textiles including cotton, silk, hemp and rayon.

A team of InPrint ambassadors has been put together ahead of the inaugural event next April. They will play an active role in the development of the show and the promotion of the event to the manufacturing and print sectors.

Komori is sponsoring an eco Zone at Ipex 2014, which organiser Informa Exhibitions said will educate visitors on the ecological and business-related advantages of reducing their environmental impact.

Edoardo Elmi  from Guandong, Fulvio Rohrer of 3M Italia and Dario Morelli, HP Italiana, used the recent Viscom event to present a seminar on ‘Growing in a stagnating economy’ and how to exploit the opportunities of “weak signals from the market”.

Stationer and paper merchant WL Coller is continuing its move into the wide-format inkjet market with its appointment as a Canon Large Format Solutions Accredited Partner. The company has also set up a dedicated demonstration suite at its main offices in Manchester as part of its on-going investment in large-format solutions.

Drytac Europe has introduced Interlam and Protac PVC overlaminates with Class 0 fire protection ratings. The Interlam and Protac Class 0 fire-rating films have been engineered to provide users with photographic exhibition quality combined with outdoor endurance and are guaranteed for three years outdoors.

Crest Dutch Machinery has brought out a 3.2m cutter, called the RSC 3200 Ci, which has been developed specially for cutting textile media though it will also cut other substrates such as paper, foil and PVC. It can be used in manual, semi-automatic or automatic mode. An optional available hot cutting system allows for cutting textile without fraying.