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As he prepares to retire, a highly respected sign industry stalwart has issued a rallying call to colleagues within the sector. Mike Hall, chair of the ISA-UK technical committee and member of the ISA-UK council, formally retires from his position at the end of December 2019 but is urging more sign professionals to get involved with the sign industry’s leading trade association.

Orbus Exhibit & Display Group, one of North America’s leading wholesale suppliers and manufacturers of display, exhibit, graphic and event solutions expanded its Las Vegas operation into an additional 37,000 sq. ft. within the building it resides in, increasing its footprint to 93,000 sq. ft. of total operating space. The additional space is used for offices, manufacturing and exhibit/asset storage areas.

The Royal Academy Schools officially launched its 250th anniversary celebrations on 13th November by hosting an exclusive launch event for friends of the RA Schools, students, artists, patrons and the media – an event that included a tour and private viewing of its Burlington House teaching and production facilities and its purpose-built state-of-the-art Epson Digital Media Suite.

Ghent Workgroup continues to bring experts from around the world together to build specifications and best practices for publishing, print, and packaging workflows as it welcomes new member Prinovis, the largest house within the Bertelsmann Printing Group.

Northern Ireland-based Brett Martin provided EFI with its ultra-high quality Foamalux White, Foamalux Ultra and Foamalux Xtra substrates to EFI at PRINTING United in order to help it promote the efficiency, quality and speed of its new VUTEk 32h printer through live on-stand demonstrations.

I'm sitting here wondering if the Xerox bid to buy HP for $30bn is possibly just the first move in a complete mergers and acquisitions shake-up of wide-format and commercial inkjet printing? Let's speculate...