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Finalists for the World Wrap Masters competition will face off at Fespa 2020

World Wrap Masters rebranded as Fespa 2020 countdown continues

Fespa has revamped its World Wrap Masters vehicle wrapping competition for 2020 with a new brand design and a new scoring system.

The Azon Matrix Leather is configured with CMYK plus light cyan, light magenta, orange and green to achieve a wide variety of colours at high vibrancy

Azonprinter launches direct-to-leather device

Azonprinter has unveiled its new Matrix Leather system for direct printing onto leather materials ahead of a run of show appearances in 2020.

131 of the organisations Two Sides engaged with in 2019 have removed or changed their messaging

Busiest year yet for Two Sides’ anti-greenwash campaign

Two Sides’ anti-greenwash campaign experienced its busiest year to date in 2019, with 131 companies removing misleading anti-paper statements.

New polymer £20: security features include two windows and a hologram word change

Polymer £20 note now in circulation

The Bank of England's new polymer £20 note, printed by De La Rue, has now entered circulation.

The colours in the new range are inspired by motor racing

Spandex adds new colours to Avery wrap range

Spandex has launched its own exclusive edition of Avery Dennison’s Supreme Wrapping film.

ReTac Smooth Gloss is suited to curved surfaces

Drytac adds gloss variation to removable adhesive range

Drytac has released a new range of gloss-finished substrates to add to its ReTac range of films.

Since 2006 Forest Carbon has planted more than 8 million trees in the UK

Antalis rolls out universal carbon offsetting

Antalis UK has started to offer universal carbon offsetting on its products.

From left: Willcock, CMYUK group director Robin East and Beaver area sales for North West Europe Alexander van Es

CMYUK appointed Beaver Paper distributor

CMYUK has struck a deal to be the strategic distributor in the UK and Ireland for global sublimation media manufacturer Beaver Paper.

Arjowiggins' Fine Papers Chartham mill

Review of 2019: Arjowiggins – the great unravelling

At the end of 2018, Arjo owner Sequana had agreed to sell the Graphic and Creative papers arm to Dutch firm Fineska in a deal worth €125m, but the deal collapsed in early 2019 after the buyer got cold...

L-R: Brett Platt, CMYUK; Joel Willcock, CMYUK; Dave Hill, Slade; Sarah Neate, CMYUK and Sam Hill, Stradale Italia

CMYUK helps new Ferrari workshop look to the future

It’s the time that wide-format printers have a ball as Sam Hill, son of Slade guitarist Dave Hill, commended CMYUK for its work decking out his new Ferrari workshop.