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Hampshire Flag supports British Rowing

Avery Design 66 Challenge winner

UK first for DigiGlass printed window film

Wider VersaUV from Roland broadens UV-curable applications

Sign China 2011 will take place from 1 - 4 March at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, in Guangzhou.... Read more

Sign Africa 2010

Sign Africa now runs alongside Africa Print 2010 for the first time and is the largest commercial digital print show for the African continent.... Read more

Agfa Graphics Asia goes live

Agfa Graphics and Shenzhen Brothers have combined their Greater China and ASEAN activities to create a joint venture - Agfa Graphics Asia, headquartered in Shenzhen (Guangdong).... Read more

Geoff ‘Chuck Norris’ Hayzlett set to speak at BAPC Conference

Former Kodak chief marketing officer Jeff Hayzlett is set to speak at the BAPC’s 2010 conference. Hayzlett, a change agent, thought leader and sometimes Wild West cowboy is a renowned marketing expert and bestselling business author.... Read more

Shlomo Magdassi set to speak at Inkjet India 2010

The Indian printing India stands today as a model of how fast paced and technologically fluid a marketplace can be, so much so that for the past decade many European printing sector manufacturers have been developing relationships with Indian distributors and the Indian print market is now thriving. ... Read more

Subscribe and win an iPhone

Subscribe to our free Graphic Display World newsletter or join our Wide Format World community (click on the blue tab marked 'community' above) before the 31st October 2010 to be included in a free prize draw where one lucky winner will be picked out of our hat to win a shiny black iPhone 3GS 32GB.... Read more

TV, phones and internet take up half our lives

UK consumers are spending almost half (45 per cent) of their waking hours watching TV, using their mobiles and other communications devices, new Ofcom research reveals ... Read more

Agfa goes Platinum for SGIA 2011

With only a couple of months to go until SGIA 2010, Agfa Graphics has already signed up to return as a platinum partner to the 2011 SGIA Expo to be held in New Orleans next ... Read more

EFI VUTEk continues SGIA support

EFI VUTEk is set to return as a platinum partner for the 2011 SGIA Expo to be held in New Orleans next October. The SGIA Expo showcases the broadest range of innovative specialty imaging equipment from the industry’s top suppliers and manufacturers.... Read more

viscom shifts focus

The international trade fair for visual communication, viscom will be held from 4 to 6 November in Frankfurt and, says viscom, will focus on more strongly on display and point of sale than previous shows and will feature a new exhibition segment -DISPLAY/PoS ... Read more

Following the success of its VersaUV LEC-330 innovative roll- and sheet-fed UV-curable print-and-cut solution, Roland DG (UK) has introduced a 1370 mm (54 inch) version which will appeal to users looking for high quality and niche application areas.... Read more

Mimaki makes packaging show debut

Mimaki is making its debut at Fachpack in Nuremberg, Germany this September to demonstrate its recently launched entry-level and high-end UJF Series UV inkjet printers and solvent print and cut solutions. ... Read more

Brilliant Durst application

Brilliant Graphics Group is a US based wide large-format digital graphics company with a reputation for specialising in graphic design, 3D high-resolution scanning and direct-to-media printing. The Group’s innovation was rewarded at FESPA in June with two placed entries commended ... Read more

Aussie screen printer buys second M-Press Tiger

StylePrint, one of Australia's leading screen printing companies has purchased its second M-Press Tiger. This comes only five months after the Melbourne-based company installed its first.... Read more

FESPA proves successful for Mimaki

Mimaki says that it experienced an extremely positive FESPA 2010. With its complete range of digital printing and cutting solutions on show, Mimaki demonstrated its extensive product portfolio and its ability to provide digital print companies, sign makers, silk screen ... Read more

HP latex technology speeds Hamburg printers profits

MTex Goetz + Goetz in Germany was originally founded as a print shop for textiles, apparels and “just a few” large format prints, but over the last nine years MTex has evolved into a well respected print shop in the ... Read more

Durst's Rhotex 320 is well received

The world’s first ‘industrial’ inkjet printer for the textile/soft signage markets, the Rhotex 320 - launched by Durst at FESPA - to address the burgeoning demand for lighter-weight, easier-to-install, higher-margin, reusable, “green” and safe media options has gone over better ... Read more

Return of the Jeti

AGFA has announced that from September its Jeti AquaJet direct dye sublimation printer will be able to produce brighter, more vibrant colours and deliver faster throughput on polyester based fabrics thanks to the launch of its AquaJet Pro range of ... Read more

Two from Roland DGA

Roland DGA Corporation in the United States has launched a new sublimation solution for its VersaArt series of four-color CMYK wide-format inkjet printers.... Read more

Agfa’s new LED UV-curable Anapurna

Agfa says that the launch of its new Anapurna 2500LED with LED UV curing and a 2.5m width will extend Agfa's technology lead in wide format UV printing.... Read more

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It didn’t take long for iPad apps to start appearing in the print sector and Caldera Graphics, a software company that develops markets and supports high quality technological software for wide format imaging has started the ball rolling with its ... Read more

i-Cut Suite from Esko

EskoArtwork launches i-cut Suite which it says streamlines entire workflow for large format digital print and finishing market. Esko says its collection of sign and display production software solutions eliminates errors, saves time and reduces waste.... Read more

Fine art and photographic colour profiling

Independent colour management and digital imaging specialist, Color Confidence, has launched ProfileWriter, a colour profiling solution developed specifically for the Epson Stylus Pro 7900S and 9900S large format printer aimed at professional photographers and fine art printers.... Read more

GMG partners up for FESPA

GMG, developer and supplier of high-end colour management and proofing solutions, will be presenting software solutions for large-format printing at the exhibition booths of its technology partners HP (Hall B2, 120), Mimaki (Hall B2, 270) and Roland (Hall B2, 3... Read more

Esko reports bumper Ipex

EskoArtwork reports that lead generation far exceeded expectations and a good amount of sales were closed on the stand at Ipex. The company says that significant investments closed with customers from the Middle East, Eastern Europe and India—for complete hardware ... Read more

Shiraz large format RIP upgrades

In a move which consolidates a number of recent advances to its popular multi-functional RIPs, Shiraz Software has announced a raft of upgrades in new versions of its key software platforms for large-format output. While RIP Server v6.7 and the ... Read more

RIP Epson

Epson plans to showcase the proofing and display printing capabilities of its award-winning Micro Piezo Stylus Pro digital inkjet printing technology at Ipex in partnership with many of the industry’s leading software RIP vendors.... Read more

New US distro for Dalim

Expanding its network of resellers, Dalim Software and its North American Distributor Blanchard Systems have appointed Hybrid Integration of Yardley, PA, as a reseller of Dalim Software products.... Read more

Increased Pace

EFI has announced upcoming enhancements to its EFI Pace management information system tools which will be available from June including new iPad and iPhone applications and tools for the wide-format market aimed at increasing productivity and profitability for print providers.... Read more

Shiraz adds flexibility with HP latex support

Allowing users to explore the full potential of the latex ink-jet ink technology systems released by HP, popular RIP manufacturer Shiraz Software has updated its Server package to support and drive HP’s Designjet L65500 and L25500 printers.... Read more

The introduction by Roland of its metallic ink into dedicated print-and-cut systems has been welcomed by companies wanting to extend their product offerings within the sign, display and specialist digital sectors. Both the original SolJet Pro III XC-540MT and the ... Read more

Hampshire Flag supports British Rowing

Hampshire Flag Company is playing a key part in the promotion of next year’s FISA World Rowing Junior Championships thanks to the production of two feather flags.... Read more

Avery Design 66 Challenge winner

Salute the Soldiers, by Daniel Wayne Logue, was selected as the winning design in the Avery Graphics Design 66 Challenge, chosen by NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Steve Wallace, the Rusty Wallace Racing team, and sponsor 5-Hour Energy. The winning design ... Read more

UK first for DigiGlass printed window film

DigiGlass decorative window film has become the first Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) printed window film to achieve the coveted Class “O” Fire Rating. This rating, says the company, establishes the DigiGlass product as the only printed PET that can be legally ... Read more

Sihl launch latex papers

Sihl has developed a range of new wet-strength poster papers that can be used with eco-friendlier latex inks which the company claims reduces the adverse health and environmental impact of printing with solvent inks.... Read more

Guinness World Record for Avery

Avery Dennison North America Group Vice President Tim Bond is seen here loading supplies into a school bus with Adolph S. Ochs School & Academy students on Wednesday, August 4th 2010 in New York City as a part of the ... Read more

Avery drives to excel

One of Europe’s top-rated GT4 sports car racing drivers, Danny van Dongen, is this year being sponsored by Avery Dennison. His GT4 Corvette – wrapped in Avery Graphics 900 and 800 series films -- will carry the Avery Dennison logo ... Read more

Hexis shows green credentials

French vinyl manufacturer Hexis launched an all-new cast Latex digital printing film and gloss laminate for vehicle wrapping applications at FESPA. Both films are PVC-free and do not contain any solvents, plasticisers or heavy metals. The compound is flexible and ... Read more

Mimaki adds silver to ES3 ink portfolio

Mimaki is to offer a new silver ink for its ES3 ink portfolio of eco-solvent inks for its JV33 and CJV30 series of large format printers, shipping October 2010.... Read more

Second generation cast vinyls from Avery

Avery Dennison Graphics and its Reflective Products division has developed an enhanced 'second generation’ range of self-adhesive cast vinyls for wide-format digital print which the company says outperforms its predecessors in terms of print consistency and surface smoothness. ... Read more

Roland DGA Corp. has introduced a cartridge recycling program for the company’s inkjet customers located in Canada.... Read more

BSI standard for carbon neutrality

PAS 2060 has now been published by BSI and allows organisations to ensure their carbon neutrality claims are correct and gain customers' ... Read more

SGIA Sustainability Conference

SGIA is presenting the Journey to Sustainability - Beyond Paper and Packaging Conference (Waukesha, Wisconsin; June 22, 2010) in cooperation with Printing Industries of Wisconsin, Flexographic Technical Association and the Wisconsin Department of Natural ... Read more

Positive outlook for inkjet print recycling

The Digital Print De-inking Alliance (DPDA) was founded in 2008 to assess and support research on inkjet print compatibility with de-inking and paper recycling processes. DPDA members currently include four leading manufacturers of high-volume digital printing presses: HP, InfoPrint Solutions ... Read more

Environmental billboards

Natural AdCampaign is launching NatureWoven, its environment friendly, fully compostable printing substrate range which is digitally printable and suitable for both indoor and outdoor ... Read more

Solvent set to die

According to HP’s EMEA marketing director Francois Martin, environmentally unfriendly solvent inks are "going to die" and that latex based inks are leading the greening of the sign and display sector.... Read more

Environmental print management

Most printers don't need a full time environmental manager. But neither do they have the time to research changes in legislation, or new developments to improve the environmental performance of equipment and consumables. That’s why Clare Taylor Consulting can offer ... Read more

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Cheshire-based company Ink Technologies (UK) Ltd (ITL) is reinforcing its continuing expansion with the appointment of Stephen Wright to the role of customer service executive.... Read more

Vermeiren boosts ITL inks in Europe

Ink Technologies (UK) Limited’s (ITL) has appointed Leo Vermeiren to represent and grow its market share in the European alternative inks sector.... Read more

XAAR recognises young print talent

At the annual PrintIT! Award ceremony during IPEX 2010 Elena Knight, marketing manager of Xaar presented an award to Madeleine Young of Wycombe High School for the Best Understanding of Printing ... Read more

Two for Antalis Printall

Antalis Printall has appointed Kelvin Furniss and Dawn Smith to its dedicated Northern based team specialising in the display, digital and sign markets.... Read more

Kodak’s Chuck Norris of marketing resigns

Enigmatic Jeffrey W. Hayzlett has resigned as Eastman Kodak Company’s chief marketing officer to pursue personal projects. According to a close industry insider Mr. Hayzlett has left in order to focus upon his career as a bestselling business author and has been called the ‘Chuck Norris’ of ... Read more

Newman to the board

Brett Newman has been appointed to the board of directors of Roland DG UK as technical director with responsibility for dealer and customer relations in the sign and graphics market, all technical services including RolandCare maintenance support, and product management and development.... Read more

Butler boosts DPI in technical role

Display solutions provider Digital Print Innovations (DPI) has added digital ink-jet technology and colour expert Richard Butler to its staff as technical director, empowering further its training and support ... Read more

Rollfs for international role

Hexis S.A., the French vinyl manufacturer, has appointed William Rollfs as international business development manager with responsibility for developing major accounts on an international le... Read more

Better selling at SGIA

Award-winning speaker and best-selling author Orvel Ray Wilson, will discuss his take-no-prisoners approach to sales, marketing and negotiation for the specialty imaging community at the 2010 SGIA Expo Keynote Breakfast in Las Vegas on October 14. ... Read more

Rollfs for international role

Spandex grows with Epson

Spandex has added the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 large format digital inkjet printer to its hardware portfolio. The GS6000 offers Epson’s widest colour gamut to date and enables print businesses to produce 160cm-width printing at 1440x1440 dpi for both indoor an... Read more

Northprint 10-12 May 2011

Since 1967, Northprint has been renowned as the place to network and where post-Ipex sales are made.And now it's back on the UK's exhibition ... Read more

Sihl launch latex papers

Two from Roland DGA

Roland DGA Corporation in the United States has launched a new sublimation solution for its VersaArt series of four-color CMYK wide-format inkjet printers.... Read more

Africa Print set for kick off

Africa Print, the largest dedicated digital commercial print show for the African continent, will take place from 8 - 10 September 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.... Read more

Spandex easy peel

Spandex has extended its ImagePerfect range with the addition of a self-adhesive vinyl which, due to low tack adhesion levels offers effortless ... Read more

SCIA France goes latex with HP

SCIA of Argenteuil, France, has installed the new HP Scitex LX800 printer to extend its application portfolio and provide environmentally conscious customers with graphics printed using HP Latex ... Read more

My FESPA

It was 5:50 am when I finally reached Munich for the recent FESPA exhibition. The excitement was high as it was my first time in the land of technology and for the icing on the cake it was time for the long awaited FESPA 2010. I observed a bunch of probable FESPA delegates racing towards the baggage reclaim areas and on towards their hotels. It was going to be a rewarding five days of networking, learning about new printing trends and technologies and understanding how these emerging technologies will fit into the Indian scenario of the printing industry. The surfing theme and background music was fun and induced us to surf through the registration area and on into the exhibitor halls. On the way, we saw considerable awards for the India printing industry which was a merry sight. I picked up a copy of the FESPA daily, which was quite a good idea to keep visitors informed about the highlights of the show and all of the new product launches. The first day ended in a whirl of activity with us getting ... Read more

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Aditya Chandavarkar is the director of Silversheen Inks and Coatings Pvt. Ltd, a Mumbai based manufacturer of speciality printing inks and coatings. He is also the Conference Coordinator for Inkjet India 2010, a thought provoking forum on Inkjet Technologies to be held in Mumbai on 15th & 16th October 2010. Here he provides an Indian market perspective on UV inkjet ... Read more

Making better business presentations

Your hands go clammy; your pupils dilate; your heart-rate jumps and you feel an uncontrollable urge to go to the bathroom. Yes, you've been asked to do a presentation. Here then is our quick guide to looking good in business. &n... Read more

Structuring for Growth

We are pleased to have Colin Thompson writing for GDW. Colin is a former successful Managing Director of Transactional/Print Manufacturing Plants, Print Management/Workflow Solutions companies and other organisations, former Group Chairman of the Academy for Chief Executives and Non-Executive Director, helping companies raise their `bottom-line` and `increase cash flow`. Plus, helping individuals to be successful in business and life in general. ... Read more

Climate Change and the Printer

Copenhagen Climate Change and the Printer Is this a threat or an opportunity? Paul Machin reports on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference for GDW. The Copenhagen Climate Change conference was an historic event at which all nations on earth came together (in excess of 110 heads of national governments attended) to discuss one to... Read more

Hollanders shows true colours at FESPA

Hollanders Printing Systems (HPS) showed its colours at the Fespa Digital trade show in Amsterdam last year. Graphic Display World gained access to a video clip which gives a flavour of the Dutch company's presence. At the FESPA Digital event, HPS launched the ColorBooster XL, ColorFix XL, ColorBooster MP 230 and showed digital textile print applications, such as printed carpet, flags, ba... Read more

Fenn makes the most of display format MIS

Fenn Graphics specialises in the production of vehicle livery for commercial vehicles, public transport, advertising and promotion as well as providing a nationwide vehicle wrapping application service. The company is located in Stoke-on-Trent employing 57 people with offices and production facilities occupying some 2800 sq. metres together with a modern Application Centre of 635 sq. me... Read more

Graph Expo 2010
September 03, 2010 - September 06, 2010
KIPES 2010
September 08, 2010 - September 11, 2010
GraphTec Venezuela 2010
September 09, 2010 - September 12, 2010
Labelexpo Americas 2010
September 14, 2010 - September 16, 2010
Digi Sign Africa 2010
September 16, 2010 - September 18, 2010
Visual Impact Image Expo - Sydney 2010
September 20, 2010 - September 22, 2010
Photokina 2010
September 21, 2010 - September 26, 2010
VISCOM Paris 2010
September 21, 2010 - September 23, 2010
Graph Expo 2010
October 03, 2010 - October 06, 2010
APEX Cairo 2010
October 08, 2010 - October 11, 2010

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