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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 Indigo 12000 Digital Press

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…
Rob Goleniowski demonstrating the LEF-20 at the VersaUV Experience Day

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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LabelExpo

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 Indigo 12000 Digital Press

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…
Rob Goleniowski demonstrating the LEF-20 at the VersaUV Experience Day

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…
MTEX 5032HS at Sign UK

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…
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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…

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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…
Kerrie-Anne Moore

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…
Ursula Burns

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…
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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.
Stuart Morrison

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.
Nigel Bond, CEO of UK based Domino Printing Sciences

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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Company plans to revolutionize the way

direct-to-textile printing is approached.

The new MTEX 5032 ProThe new MTEX 5032 ProMTEX Solutions, known for its pioneering approach to digital textile printing, used FESPA as the launch pad for announcing a raft of new products.


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Printers to bring stunning quality and flexibility

to outdoor and sublimation markets.

New Mimaki JV300 launches at FESPA Digital 2014New Mimaki JV300 launches at FESPA Digital 2014Mimaki has just confirmed the availability of the JV300-130/160 family of eco-solvent inkjet wide format printers. The series is compatible with solvent and water-based sublimation inks, and can handle a wide range of applications including outdoor signage, posters, interior décor and vehicle wrapping. The printers, which will be shown for the first time at FESPA Digital 2014, are designed to produce high quality output in 1.3 and 1.6m widths, at speeds of up to 105m2/h, using brand-new inks and print heads. The Mimaki JV300-130/160 will begin shipping in June 2014. Mimaki Europe is located on Stand A1-110 at the show.


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Soyang Group to show substantial

material range at exhibition.



Construction of Soyang’s state of the art factory in the Far East has recently been completedConstruction of Soyang’s state of the art factory in the Far East has recently been completedThe Soyang Group, a Leading digitally printable media supplier, has confirmed its attendance at this year’s FESPA Digital exhibition. The company will be showcasing a selection of core products from its UV and dye sub printable textile range, along with substrates for producing banners, signage, wallcoverings, exhibition stands and billboards with latex, solvent and other ink technologies – to name but a few.


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Gravotech Group to exhibit at the 2014

Offshore Technology Conference in Texas.



XM700 PRINT XM700 PRINT French headquartered Gravotech Group, a leading global provider in the design, manufacturing and distribution of innovative solutions for engraving, marking and artistic modelling has confirmed it will exhibit at the 2014 Offshore Technology Conference to be held in Houston, Texas, USA, 5 – 8th May (booth #7502). The Group, which is made up of four distinct brands, Gravograph, Technifor, Propen and Type3, specializes in permanent marking, and its range of equipment covers four key technologies: Laser, Mechanical engraving, Scribing, and Micro-percussion which are all complemented by a wide range of engraving materials and other compatible consumables.


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Corel® to run free CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7

workshops at exhibition.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7Corel has confirmed it will showcase the new version of its flagship product, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7 at this year’s Sign & Digital UK, at the NEC, Birmingham from Tuesday 29 April to Thursday 1 May. The company announced that each day it will run six different tailor-made workshops in the Corel Theatre at stand D60 covering: New features, a poster project and experimenting with colour and fonts. Joining Corel will be DecoNetwork who will run a workshop on selling personalised goods online, and Wilcom, who will present leading embroidery software Wilcom® DecoStudio e3.

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21 things you can only get away with saying at Christmas 1. I prefer breasts to legs 2. Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist. 3. Smother the butter all over the breasts! 4. If I don't undo my trousers, I'll burst! 5. I've never seen a better…
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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. Two cowboys applied…
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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. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript.

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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" Passenger: "Who?" Cabbie: "Brian Sullivan. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my…
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