• Mimaki TS500-1800 bags ‘Best Wide-Format Textile Printer 2012’ award from EDPA
• The European Digital Press Association (EDPA) has awarded Mimaki TS500-1800 with the prestigious accolade of 'Best Wide Format Textile Printer 2012'. Launched during FESPA Barcelona 2012, the TS500-1800 is the fastest dye-sublimation printer on the market, capabl……
• Jun 18 2012 10:56:37

• Autumn of vehicle wrapping courses from Avery Dennison announced
• Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective Solutions is to hold a programme of practical car wrapping courses this autumn, with sessions designed for 'all skill levels'.
• Jun 18 2012 10:42:55

• Strong Drupa sales to boost KBA second half-year performance but overall orders down
• While more than €100m of Drupa orders, mainly for batch-produced sheetfed offset presses, will take time to impact, preliminary half-year figures reveal overall group order intake is down €114m.
• Jun 18 2012 10:23:15

• Viennese office lights up with pylon signs
• An office building in Vienna, Austria is now sporting illuminated directory signs, installed by Ritschi Design and featuring Vista System International's Illuminated Double Sided Pylons.
• Jun 18 2012 09:51:26

• Refurbished superwide printer sales 'exceptionally successful' for Josero
• Josero says it has seen 'astonishing' growth in the refurbished superwide-printer market, with the company recording 'exceptionally successful' sales since Josero's promotion of the machines at Sign and Digital UK.
• Jun 15 2012 10:31:17

• Selectech appoints Kate Channon as Customer Services Manager
• Selectech, the UK-based specialist supplier of ink, media and accessories to the professional wide format sign and display print market, has appointed Kate Channon to the newly created position of Customer Services Manager. In her new role, Kate will be responsi……
• Jun 15 2012 10:22:31

• Entries call for SGIA’s Golden Image Awards
• SGIA is now accepting applications for its precious Golden Image Competition, to be awarded at the 2012 SGIA Expo, which will be held from October 18–20, 2012 in Las Vegas. The esteemed contest celebrates industry-leading excellence and covers almost every item, ……
• Jun 15 2012 10:19:40

• Ink-jet experts named as Inca Ideas judges
• The judges for the 2012 Inca Digital Excellence Awards (Ideas) have been confirmed as InfoTrends senior consultant Barney Cox, POPAI UK and Ireland director Phil Day, trade magazine publisher Stan Kilpin, and Noel Ward, managing director of USA-based Brimstone Hi……
• Jun 15 2012 10:14:43

• Life in the fast lane: high-end printers
• At the top end of the wide-format machine sector sits a group of machines which are intended to supersede much offset litho and screen-printed production, inspired by versatility and the benefits gleaned from a truly digital workflow. Manufacturers vie for suprem……
• Jun 15 2012 09:57:05

• Océ Arizona UV flatbed and Zund S3 cutter showcased at Scottish open days
• The Océ Arizona 360 GT printer will have 'star billing' at free-to-attend open days in Scotland organised in conjunction with ZüND and designed to boost business opportunities for printers. The two companies will be combining market-leading leading Océ digital p……
• Jun 15 2012 09:43:56

• Heidelberg records €229m loss but targets swift recovery
• Heidelberg's restructuring programme has contributed to a €138m (￡112m) pre-tax loss in the last quarter of its financial year 2011/12, resulting in €229m pre-tax loss for the full year .
• Jun 15 2012 09:18:11

• Printers 'need more support' with web-to-print solutions
• Printers are under-utilising their web-to-print systems with less than 1% using them for more than 75% of their business, new research shows.
• Jun 14 2012 09:45:32