Fespa

CP Arts will swap out one Agfa wide-format printer for two, in a deal that includes the UK’s first Jeti Tauro H3300 LED, as it spends the summer updating its capabilities.

Fespa 2018 recorded a 22% increase in attendance on the last four-day event, which took place in 2016, with visitors from a record 142 countries attending this year's event in Berlin.

Just over a decade after the show last visited Germany’s capital, Fespa returned to Berlin earlier this month, packed with popular returning features and a number of well-received new initiatives.

Dublin-based large-format specialist CoverUp will install the 100th Vutek FabriVU Series machine when it takes delivery of the world’s first EFI Vutek FabriVU 340i soft signage printer.

New Solution Engineering and its sister company Mtex have launched a raft of new machines, including a flatbed digital corrugated printer for custom packaging.

UK printers and signmakers scored a hat-trick at the Fespa Awards 2018 last week, scooping three gold awards thanks to their commitment and attention to detail in their work.

Roland DG has launched its VersaUV S-Series of flatbed and hybrid roll-to-roll/flatbed printers.

Simpson Group has bought an Inca Onset X3 flatbed with robotic arm from Fujifilm.

Digital Graphics Incorporation (DGI) has handed a European debut to a new 1.9m version of its Velajet eco-solvent roll-to-roll printer.

MS Printing Solutions has launched the the JPK UV, multi-pass printer that uses LED-UV curable inks and is based on the existing JPK water-based ink model.