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Using the T3 Fabframe it distributes, Tecna UK has created a replica London Bus for event use by renowned DJ Norman Jay. The three-quarter-scale bus has now appeared at events around the world including the Snowbombing Festival in Austria where Jay was found on half way up a mountain, playing to amazed partygoers.

The number of Mactac brand distributors in the UK has been consolidated from what was at one time as many as seven companies, to now four. Following that move Amari Plastics, All Print Supplies and Pyramid Display Materials have now been qualified ‘Gold’ distributors for the brand throughout the UK and will be the first to receive any new products introduced by Mactac UK.

The newly formed Print Solutions division of Reprographic Technology International (RTI) is bringing out a range of Memjet-powered printers, including a 42in wide two-roll printer, an A4 sheet fed printer for envelope and flyer printing and a roll-to-roll label printer (A4 width).

EFI has announced victory in its Spanish patent litigation with Jose Vicente Tomás Claramonte, the president of Kerajet, S.A., involving EFI Cretaprint's ceramic digital inkjet printing systems.

SA International has launched the International Sign and Printmakers Guild, a member-led organisation designed to help sign and print providers grow their businesses and reduce costs. Membership is currently free to any sign shop or print provider.

Keynote speakers at the annual Fespa Global Summit in London this week pressed home the need for printers, and those in the wide-format space specifically, to pay more attention to integration and experimentation if the sector is to benefit from the opportunities afforded it by technological development.

An option that allows users to get a get up to a 20% jump in productivity from their Onset printer with no loss in print quality has been made available by Inca Digital Printers. Developed and tested with Fujifilm, it has been beta tested by Superior Creative services, where production director Stewart Powell described it as “like having a turbo charger”.

Fujifilm is targeting the digitally printed corrugated market with a new handling system and speciality inks for its Onset UV flatbed printers. The system is still in prototype stage, expected to go to beta testing in March and be ready to show the public by June.

Image Reports is please to announce that the winner of its 2012 Widthwise reader survey draw is Timothy Fitzgerald who receives the £300 travel voucher prize. Keep your eyes open for the 2013 survey which will be online shortly.

Sign Wise UK has bought a Mutoh ValueJet 1624 from Colourgen reseller Random Choice Solutions. The new machine will work hand in hand with Sign Wise’s existing Mutoh printer, which it bought 15 years ago.

Sihl Direct UK has launched three new backlit films – DuraCure Backlit 170, DuraCure Backlit 130 and LightCure Backlit 145 DS. All three are for use with UV inkjet printers as well as solid ink and offset systems. They can also be printed on laser printers.

HP is calling for entries to its 2013 Sign and Display Print Excellence Awards designed to formally recognise its customers for best-in-class large-format graphics produced on HP Scitex and Designjet systems.

InfoTrends has completed a new study called ‘Transforming Textile Printing’ which explores the textile market supply chain, sizes and forecasts the digital textile printing market, focusing on the demand drivers for digital textile production.

Dynagram’s version 5 inpO2 imposition software upgrade for PDF-based workflows is now available. With this latest release, inpO2 is compatible with Acrobat XI and OS 10.8, and includes enhanced features: