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Online company Digiprint Supplies has become a distributor for the Secabo range of vinyl cutters.

An order taken at Drupa from Swedish company Storbildsbolaget (The Big Image Company) means Optimus now has MIS customers in 21 countries.

Fujifilm has sold four of the newly launched Inca Onset S40i machines at Drupa 2012, including the one on its stand. The large format flatbed printer, which has replaced the Onset S40, has been bought German print companies Alprinta and Bachmann as well as Bergame in France, and Kenton InStore based in the UK.

EcoPrint founders, FM Brooks, has launched InPrint 2013 as a dedicated industrial print technologies show. The inaugural event will take place 13-14 November 2013 in Cologne, Germany.

Sihl Direct UK is to sell TriSolv. The paper can be used in the same way as self-adhesive vinyl films but is more eco-friendly.

A new feature within Viscom this year will be the Display PoS Expo, being branded “a fair within the fair”. In accordance with Viscom’s new brand strategy, which focuses on a total of six theme worlds, the Display PoS Expo will be specifically highlighted with a logo of its own. At the time of writing 17 exhibitors had registered for the Display PoS Expo.

Pixfizz has launched a cloud-to-print system that enables users to create multiple customised storefronts and products for their clients on any Web-enabled device, including tablets. The Pixfizz SaaS model is based on a subscription and there’s no need to download software (or purchase and maintain servers).

Self Adhesive Supplies (SAS), part of the Amari Plastics family, has added the Polylite range of Polycarbonate films to its stock. Manufactured in Asia, the range can be digitally or screen-printed.

The following IMI Europe courses will take place at the Hyllit Hotel in Antwerp, Belgium this summer:

London-based Perfect Colours is now selling NatureWoven, a biodegradable and compostable media made from predominantly sustainable plant fibres such as natural latex and cotton from the rubber tree. It can be used for numerous applications billboard and large-scale graphic displays.

Birmingham-based Kenton InStore has ordered an Inca Onset S40i on the Fujifilm stand at Drupa.

Our congratulations to Peter Alexander of PWA UK Digital Displays in Surrey, who snaps up £400 worth of travel vouchers as the lucky winner of the Image Reports Widthwise draw into which all those printers who completed the 2012 Widthwise survey were entered.

At Drupa Vivid Laminating Technologies is showing an upgraded Polarsign wide-format laminating system for sign makers needing to laminate and mount up to 160cm wide.

Bordeaux Digital Printink now has a latex water-based resin ink designed for Piezo drop-on-demand printheads. The company is offering this prototype ink for adaptation on solvent based printers.