Awards and certification

At press time, Ampco Manufacturers in Coquitlam, B.C.—including Ampco Grafix, its large-format digital printing division—was selected as a provincial finalist in the annual Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies competition, managed by professional services firm Deloitte. (Pictured left to right are Ampco general manager Roy Sun, Ampco president Dann Konkin and Deloitte private company services leader Daryl Johannesen.)

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New facilities

After a period of beta testing, Fujifilm North America installed Inca Digital’s newest press, the Onset S40 wide-format ultraviolet-curing (UV-curing) six-colour inkjet printer, at its demonstration centre in Kansas City, Kan.

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Digital column promotes MMFA events

During the recent inauguration of an additional building for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), locally based outdoor advertising agency Astral Out-of-Home unveiled a ‘digital column’ prototype, which will promote the museum’s programs.

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New teams and names

Lexjet has been selected as an authorized reseller of HP’s Designjet L25500 ‘latex’ inkjet printers, including 1- and 1.5-m (42- and 60-in.) wide models. HP has also certified Aslan’s self-adhesive films for use with latex inks and SA International’s PhotoPrint, Flexi and FlexiPrint raster image processors (RIPs) for the Designjet L26500, as well as registering substrate manufacturer Ultraflex to develop media for latex printers.

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Electronic resources

HP has introduced two new online educational initiatives. The first, HP Latex University, provides training for print-service providers (PSPs) to produce indoor and outdoor wide-format graphics, including free application workshops and ‘webinars’ on topics like vehicle wraps and fabric graphics.

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Print media supplier adds new marketing manager

Ultraflex Systems, which supplies media for use with solvent-based, ‘latex’ water-based, ultraviolet-curable and screenprinting inks, has promoted Matt Loede to product marketing manager. In this newly created position, Loede (pictured) will work with members of the marketing, new business development and sales departments to both enhance current product lines and formulate new ones to be…

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