Leading UK plastics manufacturer, Brett Martin, has published the winners of its iAwards competition for this year. The company called on its global customer base from a range of sectors to submit details and images of their most creative and innovative projects using Brett Martin’s plastic sheet products.

Commercial printing operations will investigate ways to reimagine a new future and build business resilience at Ricoh’s HENKAKU Live Goes Industrial. The Sign and Graphics and industrial print focused iteration of Ricoh’s successful HENKAKU Live webinar series will take place across EMEA from November to January 2021.

FESPA Global Print Expo and European Sign Expo 2021 (9-12 March 2021, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands) are attracting a growing line-up of exhibitors, all enthusiastic to engage with customers and prospects face-to-face after a year reliant on digital platforms to communicate and share product news.

Spandex and 3M have announced the UK winner of their Lockdown Legends competition, celebrating creativity in vehicle wrapping.
Refined Edition in Chelmsford, Essex, clinched the first cash prize of £1000, while Norfolk-based Signs FX took the second prize of £500.

Be Digitals, a young Italian organisation, has acquired 4 NoeCha printers in order to reach a leading position on the wide format digital printing industry.

The trade fair trio consisting of PSI, PromoTex Expo and viscom planned for 12 to 14 January 2021 in Düsseldorf has been postponed to 18 to 20 May 2021 due to current and unclear further developments surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic. This decision is linked to the confidence that the trade fairs will then be held in the context of a stabilising pandemic situation.

Mimaki Europe, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting systems, today announced the release of the new “100 Series”, two entry level roll-to-roll inkjet printers – the UJV100-160 (UV model) and the JV100-160 (solvent model). The two inkjet printers strive to achieve high quality printing with high productivity, all at minimal cost to the user. The UJV100-160 is set to be commercially available in December 2020, while the JV100-160 is expected to follow in January 2021.

From 28 – 30 October, the inaugural DS Printech China will host around 200 exhibitors, representing over 400 brands, in hall 10 at the brand-new Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center. The fair will feature an array of concurrent events to encourage the digital and screen printing industry to regather and recover from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. What’s more, an online business platform is already live, offering a comprehensive range of sourcing options alongside the physical event.

Print Service Providers can now benefit from highly flexible print production on roll fed media, as well as rigid media, with the Ricoh Pro TF6251 hybrid flatbed UV printer.

By Mark Sollman, Application Manager at Mimaki Europe
We’ve certainly experienced our fair share of challenges in 2020, but this unprecedented year has also allowed some new and unexpected business opportunities to emerge. In the signage industry, we’ve seen an increase in demand for directional signage, protective screens and graphics explaining government health guidelines…but these signs are not always installed at eye level. As distancing measures were put in place to protect people in public spaces, graphics reminding people to keep their distance were also applied to floors, more liberally than ever before.

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, announced today that Durst and Vanguard won a combined seven (7) 2020 Product of the Year awards. The most in the history of the company, and a reflection of the new combined Durst Group organization product depth and reach.

Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) announces details of the next event in the Sign & Digital Online series: Wide Format – How to make more money. Hosted on Hopin (the online events platform), it will take place on 3rd November 9.30am -1pm.