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Lifetime achievement award goes to Chinese label industry’s founding father
Professor Tan Junqiao chosen as the recipient of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award Professor Tan Junqiao, founder and honorary chairman of the China Label Sub Association of the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC), has been chosen as the recipient of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Label Industry Global Awards. Judging for the 14th annual awards program took place during the FINAT European Label Forum (ELF) in Berlin, where the judging panel met to consider entries…
Young people are the future of the sign industry in the UK
Nominations are closing shortly for the BSGA ‘Young Sign Maker of the Year’ award sponsored by Roland DG. Offered in recognition of the next generation of hardworking talent emerging in the UK sign industry, nominations for the BSGA ‘Young Sign Maker of the…
HP to showcase new business growth opportunities at photokina 2016
HP announced that it will showcase the latest capabilities for top quality printing at photo finishers and professional labs at photokina (20-25 September 2016, Cologne, Germany). At HP’s booth (Hall 4.2), visitors to photokina will see the HP Indigo 12000…
VersaUV Experience Day by Roland DG was successful
Roland DG event attended by many partners and customers Clevedon in the UK was the host area for Roland DG UK’s UK’s first VersaUV Experience Day. There was a focus on versatility and a variety of profitable applications were shown across a wide range of…
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Events
Absolute Graphics A Winner
New T3 Affinity display system proves an ‘absolute winner’ for Irish company. One of the…Mimaki UJV55-320 To ‘WoW’ Visitors At Sign & Digital UK
New 3.2m Mimaki UJV55-320 to be put through its paces at exhibition launch. UK based,…Sign & Digital UK 2016 Expands Business Theatre
New seminars will cover interior wall décor, wayfinding and directional signage. Sign &…New Affordable Roll-To-Roll Printer From Mimaki
New UJV55-320 3.2m UV printer expands grand format graphics opportunities. A new, 3.2m…Roland DG returning to Sign & Digital UK 2016
Latest and greatest technology being brought to Sign & Digital UK 2016 Roland DG has…Kiian Digital To Launch Digistar K-Choice At ITMA 2015
Designed for Kyocera print heads and to meet textile Industry standards. Italian based…Antalis Keeps On The Education Trail
Company continues regional educational workshops for printers. Antalis UK has confirmed…Arjowiggins Creative Papers-Mohawk alliance
Antalis offers new business opportunities to digital printers following ground-breaking…
Arts & Entertainment
Lifetime achievement award goes to Chinese label industry’s founding father
Professor Tan Junqiao chosen as the recipient of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award Professor Tan Junqiao, founder and honorary chairman of the China Label Sub Association of the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China…
Young people are the future of the sign industry in the UK
Nominations are closing shortly for the BSGA ‘Young Sign Maker of the Year’ award sponsored by Roland DG. Offered in recognition of the next generation of hardworking talent emerging in the UK sign industry, nominations for the BSGA ‘Young Sign Maker of the…
HP to showcase new business growth opportunities at photokina 2016
HP announced that it will showcase the latest capabilities for top quality printing at photo finishers and professional labs at photokina (20-25 September 2016, Cologne, Germany). At HP’s booth (Hall 4.2), visitors to photokina will see the HP Indigo 12000…
VersaUV Experience Day by Roland DG was successful
Roland DG event attended by many partners and customers Clevedon in the UK was the host area for Roland DG UK’s UK’s first VersaUV Experience Day. There was a focus on versatility and a variety of profitable applications were shown across a wide range of…
First Appearance Of MTEX 5032HS In UK
MTEX celebrated a year of continued growth and innovation at Sign & Digital UK. MTEX showcased one of its five new models launched during 2015 – the high speed version of its MTEX 5032 printer as it celebrated a year of outstanding growth and innovation at…
IDS Wins Red Dot Award
USB 3 uEye XC industrial camera’s unconventional design quality demonstrates individuality. German based Imaging Development Systems (IDS), has received a Red Dot award for its innovative USB 3.0 industrial camera. The company is one of the leading global…
Life & Style
Xerox is splitting their company in two.
Jeff Jacobson has been appointed to the Board of Xerox. Jeffrey Jacobson, who is president of the Xerox Technology business, has been appointed to the Xerox Board of Directors following the completion of the company’s planned separation into two publicly…
Soyang Europe Strengthens Sales Team
Company appoints Kerrie-Anne Moore to push sales in self-adhesive materials market. Soyang Europe has beefed up its sales team with the appointment of self-adhesive specialist Kerrie-Anne Moore. Her new role will see her spearhead Soyang’s new range of…
Burns To Chair New Xerox Company
Xerox confirms Ursula Burns as head of post-separation Document Technology Company. It was announced on 20 May 2016 by the Board of Directors of Xerox that Ursula Burns will take over the reins as chairman of the board of the Document Technology Company…
IIJ Beefs-Up Technical Support
Two new appointments made to help support the company’s growing customer base globally. Industrial Inkjet Ltd (IIJ) has appointed two new technical specialists to strengthen and help support the company’s systems for a growing customer base globally.
New Technical Service Engineer At Durst UK
Durst appoints Stuart Morrison as technical applications specialist. Stuart Morrison has joined Durst UK as a Technical Service Engineer, specialising in technical applications.
Brother Goes Outside ‘The Box’
Nigel Bond now part of the Brother Executive Management Team. Nigel Bond, CEO of UK based Domino Printing Sciences, has become a member of the Brother Executive Management Team. The appointment came into effect 1 April, 2016.
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Tharstern appoints industry experts for new US operation.
David SmithUK based Tharstern, a leading specialist in management information systems for print, packaging and labelling industries, has appointed two industry experts, David Smith and Robert Pevey, as part of its expansion into the North American market.
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MPS Bristol Wins BigMPS Bristol wins prestigious print award thanks to Domino N610i.
UK based Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) Bristol has recently been presented with a coveted Digital Printer Award for a self-adhesive label printed with Domino’s N610i 7-colour UV digital ink jet label press. The packaging solutions and self-adhesive label supplier won this accolade in the ‘Creative Use of Substrates’ category only six months after the installation of the Domino press.
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EFI receives the AmCham Italy Transatlantic Award.
Guy GechtElectronics for Imaging (Nasdaq:EFII), Fremont, California, US, was one of eight businesses honoured this year with the prestigious American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AmCham Italy) Transatlantic Award. EFI CEO Guy Gecht and Dr. Ambrogio Caccia Dominioni, managing director, EFI Reggiani, received the award from U.S. Ambassador to Italy John R. Phillips during a 10 December gala dinner in Milan.
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Mimaki textile print vision secures Viscom Best of Award.
The Mimaki TS300P-1800 dye sublimation printer received Viscom’s Best of Award for Textile RefinementMimaki has just announced its TS300P-1800 inkjet printer is this year’s winner of the Viscom Best of Award for Textile Refinement.
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Mimaki offers the best for Less this autumn.
Mimaki's UJF-3042FX A3 flatbed LED UV printer benefits from a retail price of £14,995 this autumn.Like many other companies, exclusive UK and Irish Mimaki distributor, Hybrid Services has announced an attractive price promotion on key product lines to run throughout the autumn and into the festive season. The Mimaki CJV150 range of printer/cutters enjoys savings across the board, with the most popular 1.3m model; the CJV150-130 available for just £9,995 + VAT during the promotion. The Mimaki UJF range of A3 and A2 flatbed LED UV printers also will see savings of up to £3,000 - with the A3 UJF-3042FX subsequently retailing at only £14,995 + VAT.
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Fun
21 things you can only get away with saying at Christmas
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3. Smother the butter all over the breasts!
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The Gay Cowboy
A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife.
She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand.
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A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.
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Can you measure up?
It was a wet day when a man walked out to the street and caught a taxi. He got into the taxi, and the cabbie said, "Perfect timing. You're just like Brian"
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I cant help myself this week. So please excuse the sick jobs. Talking about being sick I had a sore throat. I was feeling a little hoarse. A woman has been taken into hospital after eating horse meat burgers from Tesco. Her condition is said to be stable Not…