Are you a wrap artist?

16 September is the deadline for entries to the Contra Vision Third International Wrap Artists Competition, designed to reward innovative and creative see-through graphics with the prizes to be awarded at SGIA 2011 Expo in the US.

IMI Europe and AWA join forces on inkjet conferences 

IMI Europe (Cambridge, UK) and AWA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) have decided to co-locate two inkjet conferences in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2011. The AWA Ink Jet Label and Packaging Print Seminar will take place 8 – 9 November at the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel, Lisbon, and be followed at the same location by IMI Europe’s nineteenth Annual European Ink Jet Conference on 9 – 11 November.

Prism announces wide-format Think Tank

Prism, the UK trade association that is part of Fespa, is to host a wide-format Think Tank at the Ritz in London on 6 September.

Xennia to unveil digital textile printing solutions at ITMA 2011

Xennia will present its high-speed digital textile printing system, the Xennia Osiris, at ITMA (International Exhibition of Textile Machinery) in Barcelona on 22 - 29 September 2011. This system can print at up to 2,880m2/hr with up to eight colours, using process and/or spot colours. 

Selectech to Tweet its daily offers

Selectech, a specialist supplier of ink, media and accessories to the professional wide-format sign and display print market, plans to leverage the power of Twitter by tweeting daily special offers on its range of products.

Pantone donation boosts PrintIt! 2012 programme

Pantone, the first ever Platinum Sponsor of the PrintIt! educational initiative, will donate around £70,000 worth of equipment to schools participating in the 2012 programme.

Customised Design Forum to be held at Viscom

Viscom 2011, in co-operation with the raumprobe materials agency, Forteam Communication and Mutoh Deutschland, will host a newly established Customised Design Forum. The move follows the growing popularity of “creations with a character of their own” as the private, public and commercial sectors seek a greater degree of individuality that can digital print can now deliver. 

New SignLab Version 9 expands its scope

CADlink Technology Corporation has released SignLab Version 9 that has been developed in accordance with feedback from long-time users, resellers and manufacturing partners. Simplifying and streamlining design and production workflow has been the driving force behind this release. The addition of new design tools for both bitmap and vector objects have enhanced the front-end design capabilities of the software.
These design features plus a new integrated workflow between SignLab, third party design and RIP applications have resulted in a robust signmaking, wide-format imaging solution.

Lifetime warranty for new Roll Up display stand from Neschen

Neschen has announced the new 'Roll Up Compact' display system by Expolinc, which comes with a lifetime warranty. Perfectly convenient, the compact display stand is said to be easily transportable and can be set up in under a minute.
It comes with adjustable telescopic rods permitting the use of graphics of different heights and has a low-voltage spotlight that distributes light evenly over the entire banner.

Cartonnages Vaillant expands PoS with HP Scitex FB7500 Printer

French packaging company, Cartonnages Vaillant has purchased a six-colour, 500m2/hr, HP Scitex FB7500 printer to increase its business in large format point-of-sale graphics projects.

3A Composites launches KAPAbright

3A Composites has introduced a newcomer to its KAPA family.
The new KAPA®bright has bright white surfaces with a silky matt gleam and a polyurethane foam core. The surface layer consists of a wood-free coated paper. KAPA®bright offers excellent flatness and dimensional stability like all other KAPA® products. Solvent based inks and glues can equally be applied without any problems. KAPA®bright offers an ideal solution for bright white UV direct digital printing or for the use as modeling and presentations.

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