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The Disq group of UK display product manufacturers (Alfa Display, Eurostand Display, Eve Products and Promotor Industries International) will show various new products at Fespa 2013, including a range of iPad holders for integration with display systems.

Three employees of Leeds-based Digital Plus are to run the Manchester Bupa 10k run with the aim of raising £1,000 for children’s charity Martin House. John Webster, Simon Porter and Sarah Chamberlain will undertake the run on the 26 May to raise awareness and money for the cause.

Matan Digital Printers, manufacturer of the Barak line of super-wide UV printers, has increased its production floor by 75%. “With an ever-increasing demand for the Barak printers, our previous production space just could not accommodate the required volume and we had to expand,” said Hanan Yosefi, Matan president and CEO.

Josero sold its first Bubble Free Applicator at Sign and Digital UK. It was bought by Mida Sign Services UK which specialises in installing and maintaining all types of signage, graphics and banners throughout the UK and Europe.

Northumberland-company Victory Signs has bought the UK’s first JFX500-2131. The sign and display producer bought the 2.1 x 3.1m UV flatbed printer from Mimaki via Your Print Specialists (YPS).

Hampshire Flag Company has donated flags and banners to support a charity which helps improve the lives of people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. Is has supplied nine roller banners, two tear drop flags and 10 PVC banners to The Rowans Hospice, which is situated just a few miles away from the firm in Waterlooville.

Neschen is again sponsoring the nature photography festival ‘Horizonte Zingst’ and supplying the digital print media and protective laminates for the event’s open-air installations.

Making its global debut at Fespa 2013 will be a new Truepress Jet wide-format printer, details of which are being kept under wraps by Screen until the show. It will sit alongside the Truepress Jet2500 hybrid printer and Truepress JetW1632UV which will be demonstrating Screen’s Equios workflow automation and PDF Polisher file optimisation software.

Alongside new additions to its Anapurna and Jeti families of UV-curable wide-format printers at Fespa 2013, Agfa will also be launching its Asanti PDF workflow for sign and display applications (see Fespa Preview).

Avery Dennison will show a new, patented range of PVC-free and phthalate-free self-adhesive graphics substrates at Fespa 2013.

A move to the latest low-cost UV-curable print technology has quickly reaped financial and speed dividends for Complete Studio Graphics via a roll-to-roll wide-format machine fitted with a Lightbar UV curing solution supplied by Colorific.

Netherlands-based JMC Signmakers has added Esko i-Cut Automate to its production platform as it enters the third phase of its business transformation.

Shuttleworth will use Fespa 2013 next month to show new developments to its MIS offering.

Following a preliminary roll-out of the Seiko 508GS printhead with nozzle guard earlier this year, Hollanders Printing Systems has decided it will be included in all of its future ColorBooster XL installations as well as being available as an option for machines already in the field.