Fespa says its move to London for this year’s show delivered the event’s most globally diverse visitor audience to date, with almost two-thirds of visitors coming from outside the UK.

Contex has released an all-in-one scanner, the HD Scan Station Repro, which the company says will address the demands of productivity scanning by delivering accurate and high-quality captures upon first scan.

During Fespa, Swiss wide format digital printing manufacturer swissQprint launched a nine pictolitre droplet size for its systems the Nyala, Impala and Onyx.

At Fespa, charging into digital textile printing, Agfa has launched its new wide format printer Ardeco, aimed at print businesses producing backlit displays, flags and general exhibition or similar displays on polyester based fabrics.

Avery Dennison label and packaging materials has released a new Topcoat, the TC7214, which eliminates a coating step in the digital label printing process.

Despite protestations to the contrary the steady destruction of Indonesian rain forests continues. A few weeks ago Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), one of Asia’s larger pulp and paper companies requested the FSC to withdraw their Chain of Custody certificates (COC).

Following on from the successful round of workshops the company hosted late last year, over the coming months, Avery Dennison will host a number of workshops across New Zealand. 

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), in collaboration with PAC.NZ, will host a half day introduction to packaging economics, later this month in Auckland, covering primary and secondary packaging.

PrintNZ says that businesses in the print industry have shown strong interest in the government apprenticeship reboot subsidy for new apprentices signing into training and there is more to come.

Ricoh’s Pro C901 and ProC901S printers have beaten out some stiff competition to claim the prize for Best Production Cut-sheet Printers from the European Digital Press Association.