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Memjet has reached an agreement that it said clears the way for the continued commercialisation of its colour inkjet printing technology.

At Drupa, where Durst is introducing its Rho P10 Series 10 picolitre UV inkjet printers, visitors can also see other interesting new automation advances in regards to the Rho family of printers.

Consultancy Material Connexion, which provides manufacturers and users with a cross-industry overview of trends, material developments and their application possibilities, has included Neschen’s digitally printable Erfurt wallpaper CA into its materials library.

UV curing systems developer, Integration Technology Limited (ITL) has published 150-page guide to UV LED technology. ‘The UV LED Handbook’ spans the basics of UV curing and UV chemistry, to health and safety, system integration, LED measurement, costs and economics. The book also features chapters on the evolution and history of LEDs, how an LED works, and how UV LEDs are manufactured.

The theme of this year’s IPIA Conference is ‘Don't sit down - I've moved your chair’ and deals with adapting to, and profiting from change. Attendees at the event, which takes place on 13 June at the De Vere Oulton Hall Hotel, near Leeds, will hear from a range of speakers from both inside and outside the industry on how to regard change as an opportunity, not a threat and how to harness the power of change to drive profitability.

The ‘Future of Inkjet Printing’ is among a number of new print industry forecasts from Smithers Pira, which is presenting its market intelligence at Drupa.  Other new reports include the ‘Print Production Manual’ and the ‘Future of Inks, Plates and Consumables’.

Inkjet developer and manufacturer Xaar has won a place in the Government’s ‘Make it in Great Britain’ exhibition at the Science Museum this summer. Xaar joins over 40 British businesses at the event, including iconic brands as Airbus, McLaren and BAE Systems.

InkTec Europe is officially launching the Jetrix 1212FK flatbed printer at Drupa.

Océ, now part of Canon, has once again achieved gains in all five of its strategic sustainability focal areas: energy, reuse, paper, product responsibility and employer of choice. The results are documented in the Océ Sustainability Report 2011 just published.

GMG is launching CoZone, a cloud solution for professional media and colour management users. Ian Scott, GMG managing director, said: “With GMG CoZone we have pioneered an integrated GMG web strategy. We have put into action what media managers really want: transparent project control and secure standards that are available to all process partners at all times. I believe that GMG CoZone is the definitive answer to soft-proofing."

Pre-registration for the new Cross Media show is now live. Canon UK and Fujifilm are among the latest to have confirmed they will exhibit at the event which will take place at London’s Business Design Centre on 3 - 4 September and designed to provide marketing professionals, commercial printers, publishers, advertising and creative agencies with an insight into the current capabilities and future potential of media such as print, the web, direct mail, email, SMS, PURLs, QR codes, mobile, video and social media.

Mimaki will introduce the JFX500-2131 high-speed UV-LED flatbed inkjet printer at Drupa this week. It will take centre stage alongside its new JV400-LX latex ink printer and the new JV400-SUV solvent UV machine. The company will also showcase the Easy Direct Print System, an automatic misalignment adjustment system.

The European Digital Press Association, of which Image Reports is the UK member, has announced the winners of its 2012 awards which will be presented at the Annual EDP Association Awards ceremony at Drupa on 8 May. The winners are:

DTL Supplies has added Champion CSS inks to its product range. The inks have been developed as drop-in replacement ink jet cartridges for various HP and Epson wide-format printers.