- Hangzhou Honghua Digital Technology is integrating Fujifilm Dimatix’s new StarFire SG-1024/M-A printhead (pictured) into its Vega four- and six-printhead scanning textile-graphics printers, using dye- and pigment-based inks.
- Signmaking equipment supplier ND Graphics launched a formal partnership with printer manufacturer Seiko Instruments and became the exclusive Canadian master distributor of FiberMark’s cellulose and synthetic fibre-based media for wide-format inkjet printers.
- Flypaper Studio’s digital signage content creation software has been bundled with MMD’s commercial Philips light-emitting diode (LED) edge-illuminated displays and now connects with Google Calendar to access and update event information.
- Print finishing equipment vendor Sydney Stone has become the exclusive Canadian distributor of Vivid Laminating Technologies’ Matrix single-sided laminators.
- Montreal-based InfoSign Media, which produces digital signage content for dental offices and clinics, has named Continovation Services its Canadian distributor outside Quebec. Continovation is owned by the Canadian Dental Association.
- Inkjet printer/cutter manufacturer Mimaki has updated its FineCut plug-in with support for Adobe’s Illustrator C6 design software.
- Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has entered a global distribution agreement with Symmetry Electronics, which sells embedded computers for digital signage and other applications. Symmetry is also stocking embedded graphics cards from TUL, which uses AMD’s Radeon technology.
- New Canadian members of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) include Beyond Digital Imaging in Markham, Ont., and Ryerson University’s school of graphic communications management (GCM) in Toronto. Meanwhile, Blaine MacMillan of Edmonton-based Cowan Graphics has joined SGIA’s Professional Decal Application Alliance (PDAA).
- Beneq, which supplies research and production equipment for thin-film coatings, has acquired Planar Systems’ electroluminescent (EL) display business. Planar will now focus primarily on its digital signage and interactive display product lines.
- Canon has integrated the business operations of wide-format printer vendor Océ North America, Océ Imagistics and Canon Business Solutions into a new subsidiary, Canon Solutions America. At the same time, Océ Canada has become a subsidiary of Canon Canada.
- W Technologies has entered the digital signage market by working with network operators Solara 360 and AdMedia Group to market digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising to its clients.
- Print service provider (PSP) RP Graphics in Mississauga, Ont., has acquired Data in Motion Marketing, which specializes in print finishing, variable imaging and direct mail, and Canadian Impact Imaging, which specializes in on-demand large-format digital printing.
- Communications system integrator Black Box has partnered with hosted software vendor VARStreet to sell digital signage cabling, infrastructure, switches and networking hardware.
- Following a restructuring of the exclusive distribution agreement between light-emitting diode (LED) manufacturer Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions (FLS), Philips’ LEDs can now be sold through other suppliers, while FLS may sell other companies’ solid-state lighting (SSL) products.
- SCG Financial Acquisition signed a letter of intent to purchase Symon Communications, which develops digital signage software, and has acquired RMG Networks, which operates digital signage networks in airport terminals.
- Screen mount manufacturer Peerless-AV has launched a new division, Peerless-AV Technology, dedicated to digital signage content delivery.
- ColorLogic has been named an HP Scitex partner for its process metallic colour system and has appointed Four Pees as an international distributor of its colour management products for print shops.
- Liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer GVision has chosen to integrate Cambrion Technologies’ ClearOhm coating material into touch screens for kiosks, point-of-sale (POS) terminals and other applications.
- Casio Computer has entered the digital signage business with a new brand, Casio Signage, for storefront advertising.
- The latest print workflow and raster image processor (RIP) software releases from Onyx Graphics support Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system (OS).
- Digital signage equipment supplier Almo Professional A/V has entered a new agreement to distribute TouchSystems’ touch-integrated screens.
- Colour management software developer GMG has entered a co-operative agreement with colour communication software developer Matchmycolor to connect designers, brand owners, print providers and converters.
