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Spandex has bought Sanvido SRL, an Italian distributor of roll and rigid media to the sign and display industry.

Roland DG will showcase its recently announced 64in Soljet Pro4 XF-640 at Fespa 2013. The new XF-640 is the company’s fastest wide format printer to date and has been dubbed ‘the beast’. It incorporates next generation dual print heads, a redesigned take-up and pinch roller systems, plus a host of other advanced features for high quality imaging at a maximum print speed of 102m²/hr.

A reminder that there is still time to apply for cash grants of up to £1,500 to train for a career in printing, publishing and graphic arts.

Summa and Art Systems are teaming up for Sign and Digital UK to demonstrate the new POT (500-9350) tool for the F Series.

It has emerged that the walkways used by crews from Oxford and Cambridge University boat clubs as they made their way from the boathouse to the Thames slipway for the BNY Mellon Boat Race this year, were printed on a UV flatbed printer onto a polymeric base media from Applied Media. The printed graphics were then protected with a propriety laminate and incorporated crystalline aggregate.

For the first time since the acquisition of Océ, Canon will showcase its entire wide-format portfolio on one stand – at Fespa 2013

Kent-based charity and social enterprise RBLI (Royal British Legion Industries) has spent more than £250,000 to modernise its sign printing business ahead of the Department for Transport’s initiative to provide new gateway signs for tourist destinations.

Fujifilm, which promises to reveal new products at Fespa 2013, will use its show stand to create the impression of a high quality retail space and showcase print in the type of environment it is designed for.

HP will be showcasing HP Scitex and Designjet printers at Sign and Digital UK 2013, where it will also provide live demonstrations of latex applications being printed and applied to furniture.

Roland DG UK’s RolandCare service engineers have all sat and passed the company’s new international technical accreditation certificate for RolandCare engineers.

Hexis UK has appointed Martyn Whitehouse as business development manager, northern region, responsible for developing and increasing sales throughout the north of England.

Service Graphics has rolled out GMG ColorServer colour management across the whole of its Chessington production site.

EFI founder Efraim ‘Efi’ Arazi has died. The industry giant passed away on his 76th birthday on Sunday, 14 April.

swissQprint will have two flatbed printers on show for the first time at Fespa 2013; an Impala printer with a new tandem function for non-stop printing, and a Nyala with a reinforced roll-to-roll option to allow printing of flexible media up to 3.2m wide.