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Baco Chemical Services appoints Martyn Elmy
Baco Chemical Services has expanded its sales division after appointing former Picon chairman Martyn Elmy as director of sales and marketing.

Emtone Print invests in Agfa Avalon N4 platesetter
Boutique litho printer Emtone Print has installed an Avalon N4 platesetter and signed a contract for Agfa's Azura TS chemistry-free plates.

Durst opens Austrian R&D facility
Durst has opened its inkjet technology research centre at its Lienz site in Austria.
Sihl unveils wet-strength poster paper for HP latex printers
Sihl Paper has launched a range of wet-strength poster papers suitable for use with HP's latex ink technology.

Gmund launches online paper finder for customers
Gmund has launched a new online Paper Finder application on its website to help printers, graphic artists and product designers search for the right premium paper.

Printers could cut ink usage by up to 25% with new Inkwize software, claims Bodoni
Printers can achieve ink savings of up to 25% by using Bodoni Inkwize, a colour server software, according to its new UK supplier Inks & Printing Technologies.

Micro Inks launches Maxxima and ups investments in mother plant
Micro Inks launched its new Maxxima process colour ink set for sheetfed offset. The announcement of launch which was done through a series of meeting hosted in Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai in which...

ITL invests 100,000 in LED UV-curing test centre
UV-curing specialist Integration Technology Limited (ITL) has invested 100,000 in extending its LED UV applications facility.

Surge in processless plate demand leads Agfa to begin Azura TS production in Leeds
Agfa has begun producing thermal Azura TS plates at its Leeds Seacroft factory following a surge in demand for its chemistry-free plates.

Arvia trials removal of colour from water at UPM Shotton
Water treatment start-up Arvia Technology has concluded trials of its Nyex process to remove colour from process water at UPM's Shotton recycled newsprint mill in Deeside, Wales.