Wide format

DS Smith Packaging is proposing to move its Bradford-based retail and display and manufacturing arm, Multigraphics, into its Ely, Cambridgeshire facility.

Group 101 bought a Roland Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printer/cutter in the final hours of Fespa 2013 in possibly the last deal of the five-day show.

Wide-format kit reseller Atech (Q80S/Q94S) secured a raft of new business at Fespa, with notable sales including a Roland Soljet Pro4 XF-640 and a Roland VersaUV LEJ-640.

Industrial Inkjet has added a robotic option to its XYPrint 200 printing system.

The Magic Touch claims to have created "the world's first talking t-shirt".

Product marking and pad printing specialist Kaye-Dee (P14N) has launched a new high-speed 3D product printer from Dutch manufacturer Bergstein.

Manchester-based display manufacturer UK POS has launched a range of illuminated clear acrylic wall signs at Fespa.

Agfa has revealed details of a new high-end soft signage dye sublimation printer.

Elitron IPM has launched a new twin-headed cutting table, the Kombo TH.

HP's Fespa launched Latex 3000 has proven to be the manufacturer's star of the show, with at least five machines sold before the show even reached its halfway point.

The 50th anniversary of Fespa has exceeded all expectations with footfall across the show's five days totalling 22,000 - beating the visitor total for Fespa 2010 in Munich by 1,000.

The new ColorPainter M-64s, nicknamed 'The Beauty', which Seiko unveiled at Fespa, has become a bestseller, with eight of these low-solvent, large-format printers were sold on the first day alone.