Wide-format

UK firms wanting to showcase their best work to an international audience are being urged to put themselves forward for next year’s Fespa Awards, which have opened for entries.

Wide-format digital and inkjet printing expert Sophie Matthews-Paul has died after a short illness.

HP has launched the latest addition to its PageWide range, the XL 5100.

Central London-based Rapidity has installed a Canon Océ Colorado, as part of a £1.75m large-format and digital reequip.

Large-format trade printer Printvision has invested £1.5m in a new purpose-built factory and kitted it out with an EFI Vutek FabriVu 340 digital fabric printer and a Dyss digital cutter.

Water-based ink manufacturer Magna Colours has launched its new MagnaPrint UV-reactive invisible ink range, kicking the range off with a dark blue.

Dorset-based POS specialist SPS Print Group has gone through a pre-pack administration and re-emerged as Specialist Print Services, following a failed company voluntary arrangement (CVA).

Shares in Xaar have tanked after the company warned that supply issues have hit anticipated second-half sales of its new 1201 printhead.

Large-format printer RGL Displays has installed a 1.5m-wide HP DesignJet Z6800 Photo Production Printer.

Fespa’s Asian show will return this year to Bangkok for its second year running, after the success of the inaugural event last year.