Richard Childress Racing (RCR) driver, Austin Dillon, the winner of last year’s Daytona 500, will be driving the team’s famed No. 3 car with a full Roland wrap in the NASCAR Cup Series race this Sunday, October 20, at Kansas Speedway. The RCR Graphics Center uses Roland wide-format inkjets exclusively to print the wraps for all of the team’s race cars and support vehicles. NASCAR and Roland fans can tune in to NBC at 2:30 pm (Eastern) to catch all the action.

Looking ahead to 2020, Xerox today announced its inaugural Color of the Year: Clear.

With an ever growing number of customers, Digiflex, one of the leading suppliers of flexographic plates in India, has installed Esko Automation Engine at its Hyderabad facility as part of a drive to improve efficiency.

InkjetBiz, Sunnyvale, California, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its new TransFix Media for those needing high-quality toner transfers for t-shirts and much more. This new TransFix Paper features Super-Peel technology, which makes this new line of papers very easy to use, even for first-time users.

At the end of October/start of November 2019, ASLAN, Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, based in Overath, will be acquired by the POLI-TAPE GROUP of Remagen.

Best-selling manga and comic series of all time, One Piece, has marked its 20th anniversary with an exhibition featuring 24 huge 3D printed replicas of its leading characters which have been produced on a Massivit 3D printer.

The global leader of digitally printable synthetic substrates, Kernow North America, will be showing their extensive wide format range and new products at booth 6908 during this year’s Printing United Show in Dallas from October 23-25.

For over 20 years, R A Smart has led the UK in digital textile print production and the supply of CAD and CAM printers and finishing solutions to the textile industry. Testament to their expertise in this field, the company was recently appointed exclusive UK reseller of the HP Stitch range of dye-sublimation digital textile printers.

At InPrint Munich 2019, inkjet ink expert Agfa and leading laminate manufacturer UNILIN will show how the combination of water-based primers and inkjet inks delivers a breakthrough for digital production printing of laminate flooring and furniture.

French RIP software specialist Caldera has announced RIP support for the new HP STITCH series of printers, having developed TextilePRO printer drivers specifically for the range. The new and intuitive workflow suite has been designed to enable fast, precise textile printing that will cut down on waste and error, resulting in more profitable production.

There will be non-stop excitement in the Roland DGA booth at PRINTING United 2019, as the wide-format imaging leader will be showcasing 10 new products that have never been seen before at an SGIA event. Among the new introductions will be a revolutionary, high-volume printer addition to the Roland line-up, which will be unveiled for the first time at this show. In addition, Roland DGA will be hosting an awards ceremony by Keypoint Intelligence the first morning of the show, conducting live in-booth vehicle wrap demonstrations daily, and offering attendees the opportunity to create customized souvenirs.

At Printing United 2019 in Dallas, Texas, October 23-25, Color-Logic will demonstrate its Process Metallic Color System. In booth 10564, Color-Logic will show samples printed using digital, offset, inkjet, flexography, gravure, and screen.

Embrace have just completed the installation of a new campaign for the Museum of London on Farringdon Road along the outside of the Museum’s future home in West Smithfield.

Sappi Europe is pleased to announce that it has signed a collaboration agreement with HP Indigo, as part of HP Indigo’s Alliance One programme. The alliance underlines both companies’ continued commitment to print media as the leading force in wood free coated paper and digital imaging technologies respectively. The collaboration will cover commercial, research & development and market related topics with multiple contacts being established as part of the co-development between the two companies.

The Royal Navy, Amnesty International UK, Ancestry, Mars, Inc and Stonewall are among this year’s winners.

Eindhoven based 3D printing company, Marketiger, is unique in the Netherlands. It focuses entirely on printing full-colour 3D objects, including figurines (statuettes) and maquettes and does this exclusively with the Mimaki 3DUJ-553. Founder, Maikel de Wit, sees Mimaki as a reliable partner that enables his company to face the future with confidence.