Wide-format
Guandong Italia signs deals to sell into Spanish markets
Guandong Italia has signed distribution deals to sells its substrate range into the Spanish market at Fespa 2010.

Discount Displays to install UK's first HP FB500
Commercial printer Discount Displays has bought the UK's first HP FB500 flatbed printer.

BioMedia strikes deal with Epson and extends its biodegradable banners at Fespa
A UK-based green substrate specialist gained global interest when it showed a biodegradable media for banners and display graphics at Fespa.

Epson, Eckart and others add sparkle to inkjet at Fespa
New techniques to produce metallic printing effects were out in force at Fespa, with a raft of ink and substrate innovations.

Agfa declares Aquajet star of Fespa and reveals DuPont Artistri ink deal
Agfa closed a successful Fespa by announcing it had formed a partnership with DuPont to use its Artistri ink in the Jeti AquaJet direct to textile printer, which was the centrepiece of the firm's...

Visual Displays set to cash in on Commonwealth Games with India's first 10-ft HP Latex LX800 installation
New Delhi-based Visual Displays has installed India's first HP's 10 ft wide-format Latex LX800 printer, with an eye on Commonwealth Games and aim to pitch for an array of communication material for...

Inca Digital dishes out iDEAs awards
Companies from Belgium, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands were all winners at the first Inca Digital Excellence Awards (iDEAs) event, which was held last week in Munich during Fespa (24 June).

Colorgate unveils wide-format web-to-print software suite
Software vendor Colorgate (B1/350) has introduced a web-to-print product pitched at the wide-format sector.
Finnish printer PixMill invests in HP Scitex TJ8600 for signage work
Finnish printer PixMill has signed an order for a 480m2-per-hour HP Scitex TJ8600 printer from HP's stand at Fespa.
Mediawide premieres e-commerce software
Indian software firm Mediawide has launched Brandmark, a web-to-print package for marketing, POS and signage.