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Yorkshire display company Digital Plus is involved in a project aiming to raise £1m for Comic Relief.

Drupa will maintain its four-year cycle but the show’s duration will be cut to 11 days to reflect the changed visitor demographics. The decision was made by the 20-member Drupa committee at its constitutive session on 2 November 2012.

The Fespa General Assembly has unanimously agreed to allow international Associate Members outside Europe full voting rights. All national Member Associations which have served two years with the organisation can now vote on issues that will help shape Fespa’s future.

Xaar has partnered with China Glaze Company in Taiwan to optimise the performance of its digital ceramic inks with the Xaar 1001 printhead.

The Seiko II ColorPainter H2 Series printers with GX ink are now part of the 3M MCS warranty programme.

Following on from the successful bid to gain an official Guinness World Record for the world’s longest composite photograph, Clare Newton’s Jump4London display is now on show at Spitalfields Market in London. The presentation includes a portion of the 1km long photograph, which was first displayed in public at the Excel Centre earlier this year.

William Smith has cut the cost of the four most popular films in its 3M portfolio in recognition of tight budgets. In a separate move, the company has also added 17 new colours to the 3M 1080 Series films it offers.

The British Sign and Graphics Association has approved Clarity Software as an associate member, the first and only MIS software provider to have that approval.

Ricoh has confirmed it will have a major presence at Ipex in 2014.

The search is on to find the Avery Dennison Supreme Wrapper – the designer, converter, or applicator of a vehicle wrap achieved with Avery Supreme Wrapping Film and judged the most creative by a panel of experts.   

A business development learning zone will be introduced to Sign and Digital in 2013. It will contain niche areas focusing on developing markets and dedicated to making money. 

Agfa Graphics’ Apogee v8 workflow software has been awarded the ‘Passed’ accreditation in Rip testing for correct rendering of a very broad set of PDF/X-4 features. The series of tests was run by the VIGC, the Flemish Innovation Centre for Graphic Communication in Belgium. 

Glossop Cartons is the first company in the UK to buy a Fujifilm Acuity LED 1600 UV LED inkjet printer. 

Manchester company PrintMediaPartners has started a ‘Global PrintMedia Channel Research Programme’ slated for completion in 2017.