Oracal USA, Black Creek, Ga., announces that Craig Campbell has been promoted to the newly created position of Business Manager. Campbell will be responsible for management of the company’s team of Customer Sales & Support Representatives while remaining actively involved in the development of new products, markets and partnership opportunities for Oracal USA. Campbell has [...]

Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division, Painesville, Ohio, with GatorWraps Inc., and Mossy Oak gave a San Diego, Calif. marine a unique homecoming gift. When Staff Sergeant Jacob Karl returned home from his third tour in Iraq, he was greeted with a custom vehicle wrap for his 1997 Ford F-250® truck. Avery Graphics donated [...]

Researchers at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex., predict a yearly growth of 13.3 percent for India’s nonwoven and technical textile industry, which is more than twice the annual five to six percent expected growth patterns in the United States and Europe. The study was done at the Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute [...]

FESPA has announced details of its Inspire Conference program at the first ever FESPA World Expo Asia-Pacific show, November 28-30, 2008 in Bangkok. The conference sessions will include print professionals with the inspiration to enhance their businesses and differentiate themselves. Featuring a range of industry authorities, the conference sessions will provide expert advice on how [...]

Diatec has signed an agreement to acquire the coated product assets of Arkwright Inc., a manufacturer of ink-jet and laser printable papers, films and specialty substrates. Arkwright is a wholly owned subsidiary of Océ N.V. North America, Trumbull, Conn. Sales related to the assets total about $65 million. The assets will be merged with Diatec’s [...]

Applied Signs & Display, Dublin, Ireland, a provider of signage and premium exhibition and display stands, celebrated 20 years in business recently. The company, which provides a comprehensive “one-stop-shop”solution for Irish businesses, is also celebrating its recent move to a purpose-built, 8,000-square-foot location in Clonshaugh Industrial Estate. See www.appliedsigns.ie.

Gerber Scientific Inc. has announced that the newly released Mimaki CJV-30 series integrated printer cutter line incorporates licensed technology from Gerber Scientific. In the fiscal fourth quarter of 2008, Gerber granted a worldwide license to Mimaki Engineering Company Limited. The license represented the second nonexclusive license Gerber has granted for its family of computerized “print-to-cut” [...]

Purchased images and art are often used in print and on the Web. The term clip art refers to images—primarily electronic—that can be obtained from Web sites. This type of artwork, as well as stock photos, is not custom work created for your specific project; the art is offered as a completed image. Some computer [...]

Thesing Sonnenschutztechnik, and Junkers & Müllers, Coesfeld, Germany, offered their grocery store client a novel solution. The store stops serving fresh food before the store actually closes. Now all fresh food counters disappear behind digitally printed vertical screens that can be let down with the push of a button or by remote control. The printed [...]

Road Rage Designs, a wide format graphics provider headquartered in Spring Grove, Ill., used Avery’s MPI 1007 EZ RS and DOL 1000 products in creating the world’s largest beer can. The wrap for the enormous beer can was commissioned by Dave Leach, a Chicago-based collector. Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division, Painesville, Ohio, is [...]