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Uwe Herold (45) will be taking charge of IT activities at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) as of July 1, 2011. The graduate engineer studied processing machinery design and information technology at Chemnitz University of Technology.

Roland DG Corporation, a worldwide leader in wide-format UV-LED inkjet technologies, today introduced the new 64-inch (1625mm) LEJ-640 UV-LED inkjet printer.

Omnilabel BV of Dalfsen in the Netherlands has been confirmed as the first converter to take delivery of the new Durst Tau 150 UV inkjet label printer. The machine was installed last year for Beta testing and six months later Omnilabel says it is ‘delighted’ by the performance of the Tau.

Australia’s Network Marketing, a supplier to the printing industry, has unveiled an unconventional new paper made from stone. According to sales manager John Brannan, the new stock prints and finishes like traditional pulp fiber papers but delivers the versatility and durability of synthetic paper.

Koenig & Bauer was the only major press manufacturer represented at this year’s Poligrafia in Poznan, Poland, where its Warsaw-based subsidiary KBA CEE (Central Eastern Europe) underscored KBA’s leading position in the Polish small-format market with print demonstrations on paper and board with a B2 (29in) Rapida 75E and on plastic film with a B3 (20in) Genius 52UV.

Avery Dennison is revamping its Avery Digital Cast Films range to create a “second generation” that meets the needs of today’s increasingly sophisticated digital print capabilities, as well as the robust and complex applications for which durable self-adhesive films are used today.

On the Wednesday evening (13.04) of 2011’s Sign & Digital UK exhibition, many of the industry’s leading companies and commentators assembled for the inaugural Sign & Digital UK Awards ceremony at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.

Xitron, the prepress industry's independent developer and integrator of Raster Image Processors, RIP management and prepress workflow software, announced a promotion offering free inkjet plug-in for Epson or Canon proofers with the purchase of any Xitron Navigator Elite Harlequin RIP workflow.

HP presented a selection of its commercial and wide format printing portfolio designed to help customers increase profitability, at the biggest printing fair in Poland, Poligrafia (12-15 April 2011) in Poznań.

Bordeaux Digital PrintInk, a developer and provider of inkjet inks for the graphic arts industry, showcased new inkjet ink solutions at Euro-Reklama 2011, Poland's largest trade fair for the large format and digital printing sectors, in Poznań, 12 to 15 April 2011.