Birmingham-based Hollywood Monster has installed an EFI VUTEk Q5r from CMYUK to cope with demand after a record-breaking four months.

AN EASY-to-use design service has been introduced by one of the UK’s leading online print platforms, giving its resellers the opportunity to boost their business and increase capacity.

Before the war, the printing and packaging industry in Ukraine employed more than 100,000 people, including 16,000 freelancers, working at more than 5,000 print and converting companies. Those who did not suffer damage or destruction can still work, but they lost most of their orders and turnover. Since February 24th, the lives of all these people have been disrupted. Many of them receive minimum wage or not even that. Print Against War is taking care of them, involving them, listening to them, and understanding their needs.

The retail industry is an increasingly competitive space as businesses and brands consistently battle to beat rivals on prices, match promotions, offer customers better deals, and grab the most attention in-store. This means suppliers to the retail industry cannot afford not to deliver outstanding quality, meet tight deadlines, and accommodate ambitious projects. As one of the leading producers of POS to the retail industry as well as the largest producer of OOH print, collaborating with customers including B&Q, Waitrose, H&M, M&S, and Tesco, SMP Group in London knows these demands all too well. Peter Darwin, Operations Director at SMP Group, says: “We're constantly challenged by our clients to provide higher quality, quicker turnaround, cheaper prices in reality, and we need to be initiative-taking in finding ways to get that out to the market.”

Durst, world leader in inkjet label production, will be showcasing the wide range of applications possible for customers on its Tau inkjet single-pass presses on its stand A49 in Hall 1 at Packaging Innovations and Empack at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, from 25-26 May. Packaging applications, which will include a focus on Durst’s acclaimed water-based ink technology and P5 wide-format platform, will also be part of the show offering.

For Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, Land Rover launched immersive ‘Live Streams’ on Ocean Outdoor’s digital screens to raise awareness of the importance of nature in improving mental wellbeing.

EasyCut, a worldwide leading developer of sign-making and specialty graphics solutions, is pleased to announce that its market-acclaimed vinyl cutter software has been fully tested and can be used with Roland CAMM-1 GR and GR2 Series Large Format Vinyl Cutters. For Roland users, this provides the assurance that the latest version of software will seamlessly integrate with their vinyl cutting plotters. EasyCut Pro is designed to maximize the characteristics of cutter and media to enable high-quality printing, cutting and improved efficiency for print-and-cut production.

Guandong's new strategy will be made official at Fespa 2022. This year, we won’t be at the Berlin event with our classic stand, but with a Meeting Point designed to welcome official distributors and their customers. It’s a specially designed meeting place, where guests will have access to all the innovative marketing tools that the Specialty Specialist has launched over the past year. There will also be catalogues, copies of the MMXX2 Collection, our popular themed Pocket samples, and much, much more. Distributors and printers will be able to meet each other, schedule appointments, organise meetings in a private space, as well as enjoy a first-hand experience of the opportunities offered by Guandong and Mr Magnus solutions.

Ricoh has announced that its newly revamped Customer Experience Centre is now open for business. Based in Telford, the major transformation project saw Ricoh work with adhesive science solutions expert Drytac to overhaul the look of the facility.

Digidelta‘s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Management System Strategy - received the "Bronze" medal from EcoVadis in its annual evaluation result, placing it among the most sustainable companies in the world.

Leading manufacturer, NUtec Digital Ink offers a unique proprietary bulk ink system engineered to ensure a continuous supply of ink to the Epson® DX4, DX5, DX6 and DX7 print heads used in wide-format digital inkjet presses.