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Total Displays has bought an EFI Vutek QS3 Pro UV printer and EFI Pace MIS software, both ordered at Fespa 2-13.

Specialist packaging and POP solutions provider STI Line has placed an order for an Inca Onset S40i with automation and XMF Workflow from Fujifilm. It is the first company in the UK to invest in an Inca Onset S40i equipped with Fujifilm’s Uvijet OC inks for corrugated applications.

Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO) celebrated its fourth year as a sponsor of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity by completing the world’s first hand-painted micrography billboard made entirely of tweets and creating the world’s first gigapixel image searchable by tweet.

The Fastsigns network is encouraging its centre owners to take on apprentices. The initiative is geared towards priming the industry leaders of the future, and it the government’s pledge to boost apprenticeship opportunities.

Hollander Printing Systems has streamlined its corporate look. A new logo depicts two separate lines that form a continuous flow, indicating a constant co-operation of two entities, these being the customer and Hollanders, and the Competence Center partners and Hollanders.

GT Marketing Services (GTMS) has been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety.

HP has renewed its position as Fespa’s Corporate Partner for the next three years. The agreement means HP will work across all Fespa European events until 2016.

Fastsigns has passed its annual Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme inspection (CHAS) for the third year running.

Avery Dennison has released a benchmark video and study. Independent applicators completed benchmark tests on perception of product and application performance comparing seven vehicle wrapping films from major manufacturers worldwide.

Drytac, a manufacturer of adhesive-coated products with locations throughout North America and Europe, has acquired adhesive coating company Multi-Tac based in Toronto, Canada.

Prize for Best in Show at the Fespa Awards has gone to Switzerland’s Atelier für Siebdruck Lorenz Boegli for its screenprinted entry ‘Josephine’ seen here. The image is one of ten screen and digital printed designs of Josephine Napoleon for French high-end jewellery brand Chaumet. The Runner Up Award was won by India’s Studio Reya for a T-shirt titled ‘Indian’. 

Novograf expects a new Kongsberg XP44 digital cutting table from Esko to help it improve production speeds, flexibility and costs.

BCQ has bought its first flatbed printer, an Acuity Advance HS HD3545W from Fujifilm. Richard Knowles, chairman of BCQ which specialises in printing marketing materials, said: “We were looking for something that not only would ramp up output speeds, but also deliver the ‘zap-between-the-eyes’ quality that some of our high-end clients have come to expect from us.”

Ilford has introduced a number of new products to its Omnijet media offering including AquaBlock, NanoSolvent Glossy Banner Vinyl and NanoSolvent Glossy Backlit Vinyl.