HP Inc.’s print service providers (PSPs) are mobilizing industrial facilities worldwide to deliver print products and help in the global effort to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. Many PSPs are working with limited staff to adhere to health regulations, while retooling production lines to support the effort.

FESPA today announces that its flagship Latin American event, FESPA Brasil, will return to Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo from 23 - 25 September 2020. The event, which was due to take place from 18 - 21 March 2020, had to be postponed due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Tectonics is a brand-new application from HYBRID Software which saves Flexo plate material and optimizes the use of your Flexo CTP devices. The software allows Flexo customers to automatically optimize the layout of their jobs, reduce waste and optimize CTP usage. As a result, the software has a typical return-on-investment within the first six months.

Print Media Centr is opening up its LinkedIn community to provide the print industry with a unique online learning opportunity by creating the largest online classroom in print history, offering the global audience a much-needed outlet for information gathering and sharing, interaction with key players, and a space to create new partnerships.

swissQprint presents new options to broaden the already wide range of applications for its large format printers: orange to expand the colour gamut and varnish for the Karibu roll to roll printer.

Xitron, a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC and the developer of the Harlequin-based Navigator RIP and workflow products for commercial, flexo, digital, and high-speed inkjet printing, has approved a plan to assist printing companies affected by shutdowns due to the worldwide pandemic. The program allows printers to purchase necessary RIP and workflow software with little cash outlay and interest-free payments, enabling them to direct resources to employee retention and consumables.

Even in these days of sheltering-in-place, print communication remains a viable and vital medium. From workbooks distributed to recently home-bound students to the printed guidelines displayed at each daily briefing from the White House, print is employed more and more thanks to its universality. While most people do not realize Xante’s global reach, one longtime customer, Coquette Printing of Algiers, Algeria, recently found a way to send a message of responsibility and safety through print as they also deal with the global pandemic. Using his tried-and-true Xante’ Ilumina digital press, he printed a sign reminding everyone of the importance of staying isolated when not feeling healthy.

The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by COVID-19 have created an environment that is not conducive to Xerox continuing to pursue an acquisition of HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) (“HP”). Accordingly, we are withdrawing our tender offer to acquire HP and will no longer seek to nominate our slate of highly qualified candidates to HP’s Board of Directors.

For the renowned fashion brand Louis Vuitton, hoardings during refurbishment are a key component to their brand experience. Aesthetic hoardings attract attention, garnering publicity and buzz – even if the store is closed. Nowadays a successful hoarding does not only need to serve a purpose but should also be “Instragram-able”.

Seiko Epson Corporation have announced that its wide-format printers and an industrial robot had won the Red Dot Award in the Product Design category (Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020), marking the fourth successive year that Epson products have been recognized in this award. The company also said that its printers had been recognized for their second successive Red Dot: Best of Best Award.