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Reprocentre has become the official dealer for Josero in Ireland. It will be sell the full range of Triangle inks as well as Josero’s other products such as the bubble free applicator, laminators, refurbished superwide printers and spare parts for wide-format printers.

Fespa has kicked off its ‘Dive Deeper Into Digital’ marketing campaign for next year’s digital show in Munich. As part of that marketing push the event website www.fespadigital.com has now gone live. The site will also include information about Fespa Fabric and European Sign Expo (once launched), which will be part of the wider Fespa Digital event at Messe Munich, Germany, from 20 to 23 May.

EFI is using the 2013 SGIA Expo in the US this week to introduce the Vutek GS3250lxr Pro, its first dedicated roll-to-roll printer to incorporate the company’s LED cool cure technology. The machine has a 1,000 dpi resolution and three-layer white ink printing.

William Smith will run an open day on 23 October at its Barnard Castle site. The ‘Did You Know?’ event will highlight its manufacturing facility where many of the machines and equipment the company supplies are used in-house producing signage and graphics for the trade.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is investing almost five million Euros in technical production equipment and the optimisation of energy processes. At the same time personnel has been increased both in sales and in research and development.

Sign and graphics companies that trade in a solvent printer when buying a Mimaki CJV30 or JV33 from a Hybrid authorised reseller before the end of December will receive a three year comprehensive warranty and a total of £1,800 worth of Mimaki ink.

Online print provider Pixartprinting has developed a sample book of all the main rigid materials it can print onto with its Durst P10s. “Because it is an online tool, Web-to-print can be perceived as being cold and detached, creating a divide between a company and its user,” explained sales and marketing manager Andrea Pizzola, pointing out that the samples book can be obtained at: http://www.pixartprinting.co.uk/samples/wide-format-sample-pack/.

Radecal Machine Sales and Service, the Tyne and Wear provider of new and used print, cut and finishing equipment, has opened a new demonstration facility in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

The recent Print Power direct mail campaign to 2,200 UK brand owners has proved an astounding success. So far the mailing has been sent out in the UK, Spain, France, Norway, Belgium, Finland, Portugal and Italy with remarkable results. The UK has received just over a 10% return rate with replies still coming in. Portugal, Finland and Norway report a 13% return rate and Belgium and Italy score 15%. France has reported a 10% return and Spain a whopping 25%.

Matan is building again on its Barak 8Q printer with the launch of the superwide Barak 8QW at the SGIA show in the US. As the name suggests it features white ink as well as Matan’s patented eight-colour PDS technology.

EFI has acquired the automated print planning and imposition technology company operating as Metrix Software. The Metrix team has joined EFI, including Metrix CEO and founder Rohan Holt, who is now director of EFI Metrix products.

Pat Holloway wants to hear from you if you’re interested in being involved in the Inspirational Avenue at Ipex 2014. As content manager for the feature he is seeking wide-format producers that can provide input into the showcase.

Business consultant Marc Hogan will speak at the BAPC Conference in January 2014. He joins a line-up of keynote speakers including Dennis Turner, former chief economist at HSBC.

Carrick Signs in Bury has invested £60,000 in a fully loaded Summa F1612 flatbed cutter that was installed last week and due to start proper production yesterday.