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As a summer promotion Roland is offering those who order a 54in or 64in-wide VS machine before the end of August £1,000 cash-back as well as a free take-up unit for the wide-format printer.

Shuttleworth Business Systems and ROI360 will be jointly exhibiting at Cross Media in London on 23-24 October.

A Knifeless Tech range of knifeless tapes has been added to William Smith’s portfolio. The tapes are translucent and repositionable and both tape and filament can be easily stretched and turned in any direction.

Essex-based large-format printer and sign manufacturer Revolution Signs has bought an Agfa Jeti 1224 HDC printer, which joins the company’s existing Agfa Anapurna M2.

Atlantic has announced its introduction of the Shield laminators, field upgradeable from the basic cold lamination model to the dual heated roller version. The Shield is also available as a dedicated ‘Wrapping’ edition end-to-end workstation with motorised double roll and automatic rotary cutting system at exit - which also has back lighted and scratch resistant tables.

It was Signs Express (Manchester) that provided Sky Pro Cycling with car graphics and signage for the riders and team support vehicles at the Tour de France this year.

Platinum Print has integrated GMG software to streamline proofing and increase output accuracy and colour consistency across its Epson, Mimaki, Ricoh and Konica digital printers and B2 Komori offset printing presses.

Signmaster Systems is now distributing EFI wide-format UV inkjet printers in the UK. The line-up includes the 3.2m, roll-to-roll R3225 printer, the T1000 flatbed printer, and the H652 hybrid printer.

Substrates developer Cooley Group has become ISO 14001:2004 certified. The company now holds both this and ISO 9001:2008 certification which CEO David Pettey said “ensures the company conducts business as a global, corporate environmental citizen by complying with internationally recognised and accepted recyclability practices.”

Chris and Andy Simpson, the father and son owners of Fastsigns Leeds, are down to the final four in the Franchisee of the Year awards handed out by the British Franchise Association. They have been nominated in the Long Serving category and will find out if they have won in October.

New from Inprinta is the Microdisc disc filter, a dedicated graphics inkjet disc filter optimised for use where high-speed printing and high through-flow are key requirements.

EFI has won eight gongs in the annual Must See ‘Ems technology awards at Print 2013 in the US. It’s the third consecutive year EFI has taken the most honours presented to a single company.

The government’s is to begin a consultation with employers over giving them the financial control to design apprenticeships. The consultation will be open to all interested parties and examine the way apprenticeship funding is distributed.

AJD Group, of Bournemouth, UK, has become an exclusive HP branded large-format digital print service provider. The group, comprising AJ Print, BPE Signs and Just, has two HP Latex 260 printers and two Designjet Z6200 photo printers and is considering adding a HP flatbed too. It uses HP inks and media, believing this to be the most effective way to deliver reliable quality on a wide range of substrates for diverse indoor and outdoor applications.