EFI recently announced that Houston, Texas-based visual communications and graphics manufacturer Foxmark Corporation, has installed its third EFI VUTEk superwide format printer, a 3.2-metre VUTEk GS3250 Pro UV flatbed/roll printer installed with a new EFI Fiery proServer. Almost immediately after completing the installation in mid July, the company hit the ground running for the printer's very first job: a 50x200-foot sign from the Houston Rockets to welcome the basketball team's newly signed superstar center, Dwight Howard. "There is a lot…

HP announced that Fosco Hayes & Hurdley Ltd (Fosco’s), of Birmingham, has become the first large format print service provider in Europe to install the recently-announced Orange Ink option for enhancing colour quality on one of its HP Scitex FB7600 Industrial Presses. The new Orange Ink gives a gamut volume increase of ten per cent with a PANTONE® Colour coverage increase of six per cent and an overall ability to achieve seven per cent more corporate colours. When printing for…

Large format printing specialist Clicks Digital Solutions has been able to increase both print consistency and overall business productivity significantly as a direct result of its recent investment in GMG ColorServer, SmartProfiler and EcoSave applications. From its 10,000 sq.ft. location in Clerkenwell, central London, Clicks Digital Solutions has over 20 years’ experience as a specialist digital print services provider. Working with a range of Blue Chip advertising and retail clients, its 40 employees operate a 24 hour shift roster producing…

Epson has produced more than 50 64-inch wide large format prints for a major RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) sea rescue photography exhibition titled The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts, which will be visiting major cities in the UK and Ireland for five months. Illustrating the lifesaving work of the RNLI, the touring exhibition showcases the photographs captured by RNLI lifeboat crew member and professional photographer Nigel Millard. The images on display will include dramatic shots of lifeboats in action…

SA International (SAi) has announced the opening of a dedicated training and technology centre, located at its new Brussels-based EMEA headquarters. The new, multi-purpose facility will serve as a state-of-the-art demonstration, training and testing centre and will offer specialist educational sessions on key SAi software and applications to the company’s extensive and growing reseller and OEM network, as well as to end-users. As a knowledge hub, the training and technology centre will provide instructional trainings on productivity and workflow-enhancing software…

Mimaki, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, has opened the doors of its new technical center in Istanbul, Turkey. The strategically-located Mimaki Tech Center will act as a training and technical hub for the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. It will primarily serve the textile and apparel market, but will also provide support across the breadth of Mimaki’s product line. The center was established to address explosive growth in the Turkish market as well as to facilitate continued…

EFI announced that it has made two significant additions to its leadership team. This includes the appointment of Steve Green as vice president of sales in the Asia Pacific region, and Sam Gulve as vice president of engineering for the EFI India Development Center. “As we continue to grow the company while deepening our relationship with customers around the globe, we also want to ensure that we have the strongest possible leadership team in place at EFI,” said Guy Gecht,…

viscom paris: Hall 8, booth B27 (http://viscom-paris.com). At this year’s viscom in Paris, 3A Composites will present their new product LUMEX, the new trademark for the highly transparent PET polyester sheets that has been added to the 3A Composites product range after the acquisition of the Irish company FOAMALITE Ltd. 3A Composites thus significantly enlarges its product portfolio with transparent and translucent sheet material. Two product types are available: LUMEX A (amorphous PET) for flat applications and “simple“ thermoforming and…

Brand Management Group (BMG) and Kodak have introduced KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper, Metallic / 255g, which is now available and shipping from BMG's worldwide distributor network. The new inkjet photo paper was designed to replicate the characteristics of the classic pearlescent papers used in the traditional darkroom while providing photographers and print shops an expanded color gamut and higher Dmax for accurate color and deeper, richer blacks. KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper, Metallic / 255g is not only compatible…

At the inaugural FESPA Eurasia show (Istanbul, October 3rd – 5th, http://www.fespaeurasia.com), stand C30, Fujifilm is showcasing a wide range of high-end and mid-range print production solutions, all of which have been selected especially for this growing marketplace. High productivity combined with superior image quality will be demonstrated across all devices. The Inca Onset S40i flatbed UV inkjet printer will be one of the major focuses of the Fujifilm stand. Meeting the high-volume, fast-turnaround production needs of specialist display print…