Wide-format

Garment and textiles specialist TheMagicTouch has launched a new transfer process for the easier decoration of garments with metallic and sparkle effect designs.

Bow Design has been acquired by Ministry of Furniture to become its graphics and print wing.

Operating profits at Antalis were down by almost a third in Q1, but the merchanting group said that its business in the UK had “held up well”.

HP will make its first-ever moves into the textiles printing market by launching two machines in its new Stitch S series of dye-sublimation printers, with a third on the way for Fespa.

Guandong will premiere its new Digital Collection of substrates for wide-format printing at Fespa 2019.

Self-adhesive substrates specialist Aslan will show a raft of new speciality films at Fespa.

Fespa has confirmed the tagline of its 2020 expo in Madrid as preparations continue for this year’s Munich show, which will feature a keynote from a senior BMW executive.

EFI is poised to be acquired by a US private equity firm in a deal that values the wide-format kit manufacturer and productivity software developer at $1.7bn.

Bigprinter will continue its initial entry into the UK and European markets with a showing a Fespa that will feature the debut of its new roll-to-roll wide-format inkjet printer.

Spandex has expanded its wrap film range with the introduction of Arlon Fusion Wrap, a 60-micron white gloss high-performance polymeric film.