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Hull-based SignsDisplay.com is the first in the UK to invest in Agfa’s new Jeti Titan UV inkjet printer.

Manchester Printers has achieved a £1.2m turnover for the period July 2011 – August 2012 thanks to a growing customer base and the launch of an online store.

The fifth Fespa Mexico event has attracted 9,198 visitors, up 11% from 2011 - a 38% increase since Fespa acquired the exhibition in 2008. The ratio of decision-makers also rose this year making up 48% of the total visitor turnout, an increase of 7% from last year. The 10,500m² show, which took place at the end of September, had the theme 'keep your business moving'.

The US-based Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organisation providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, has launched an outreach campaign called ‘Take Action’.

Fujifilm Europe has raised €10,680 in the first three months of a 12-month initiative which began in May this year to support WaterAid, an international charity dedicated to improving access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in some of the world’s poorest communities.

The organisers of the recent inaugural EcoPrint 2012 event in Berlin have declared it a success following the attendance of visitors from over 37 countries.

Neschen is extending its solvoprint easy range with a self-adhesive film that can be removed after a year’s use. A semi- permanent, environmentally friendly, water-based adhesive makes the solvoprint easy 180 MSP clean to remove.

A recent display celebrating the winners of the 2012 Queen’s Award at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) in Sheffield used the T3 exhibition framework from Tecna Display, a company which itself won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise earlier this year.

Designed specifically for use with latex inks, Sihl Direct UK has introduced two polyester films - the Vivalux Backlit Latex 125 matt 3746, and the Vivalux Backlit Heavy Latex 200 matt 3747.

Both Avery and William Smith have added to their wrap film ranges.

EFI has acquired Online Print Solutions (OPS), a Web-to-print, dynamic publishing and cross-media marketing solutions developer.

German-based large-format print producer Thamm has significantly improved its production workflow via the implementation of Enfocus Switch. Working with Switch, the company created a fully automated large-format PDF printing workflow that it said 'practically runs itself'. The result is increased productivity and profitability.

UK imaging technology developer Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) is consolidating its continental Europe operations with the appointment of Achim Herzog as European business development manager.

Exhibition graphics printer Extreme Graphics Northern, in Hindley near Wigan, has bought a 64in eco-solvent Mutoh ValueJet 1624 to complement its existing 64in aqueous printer.