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Number one demonstration
showroom will offer demonstrations,
consultations, training and open days
facility
and we are developing a diary of
events over the coming months.”
Kodak has opened a new showroom at see Kodak's scaleable Unified
its UK headquarters in Hemel Workflow Solutions, including the www.kodak.com
DIAR
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Hempstead. This customer-focused Prinergy workflow system, Insite
facility replaces the demonstration prepress portal system and Insite
centre at Axis One in Watford, storefront system, all designed to
Demonstrations
providing a venue for customer increase efficiency and maximise
are available
demonstrations, in-house training and press utilisation.
on request at
visitor hospitality. UK marketing manager, Pat
Kodak's new
training
Visitors to the Hemel One site can Holloway, said: “The Hemel One facilities
Diploma shapes tomorrow's workers
Sign & Digital Ireland
A new qualification has been “Its main purpose is to give young
and Print Ireland
introduced for 14 to 19 year olds, people a sound understanding of what
enabling them to study vocational
The Diploma
manufacturing is in an applied, real-life
(incorporating Repro Ireland)
courses in print and graphic design
in MPD will
context. Core topics cover product
while still in school and college. The
help young
design, materials science, production
23 – 24 September 2009 Diploma in Manufacturing and Product
people
understand
systems and business and manage -
Design (MPD) will offer accredited real-life ment, with employers playing a central
Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin
qualifications in print and graphic
manufacturing
role in the delivery of the course.
www.signireland.com
printmaking as an alternative to on behalf of print industry sector skills “This is an opportunity for
studying GCSEs or A-Levels. These council Proskills, said: “The move employers to shape the education of
Additional or Specialist Learning (ASL) responds to the long-standing the next generation of workers,
qualifications will provide clear complaint from industry that young putting manufacturing at the heart of
progression routes into the industry. people are leaving education without mainstream education.”
Neil Robinson, who led the the practical skills and knowledge to
development of the Diploma in MPD succeed in the workplace. www.manufacturingdiploma.co.uk
Sign & Digital UK
13 to 15 April 2010
A unified approach to inkjet
coordinated global structure for the enable us to offer the full spectrum of
NEC, Birmingham
inkjet market under the name SunJet. inkjet technology through one organ -
www.signuk.com
The new structure will offer a unified isation while maximising support for
product range for graphics and global projects that require technology
industrial inkjet applications using from one region and the supply and
Sunjet will
unify support
both organisations’ technical expertise service of products in another. This will
for industrial in pigments, dispersions, polymers offer customers high quality products
inkjet
products
and formulation chemistry. and technical support irrespective of
Managing director of the SunJet their location in the world.”
Printwear & Promotion
Sun Chemical and parent company, division of Sun Chemical, John Law,
DIC, have announced a single, said: “Operating as one unit will www.sunchemical.com
28 February to 2 March 2010
NEC, Birmingham
Passing of an inky
the Institute of Printing. He was a past
President of the Oil and Colour
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
Chemists Association. He also served
Following a battle with a rare blood ‘experts expert’. Tens of thousands of on the BSI Graphics Technology
cancer, Professor John Davison has people are leading full lives today committee and was a member of the
passed away. John leaves his wife thanks to John’s fundamental research ISO TC130 Graphics Technology Group.
Judith and daughter Sarah. John was a regarding printed bio-sensors.
Ipex
quiet, unassuming person of immense John was a Visiting Professor in the
intellect, always referring to himself Colour Chemistry Department of the
18 to 25 May 2010
as an ‘inky’. His expertise in ink University of Leeds where he obtained
technology and colour chemistry was his Doctorate. He was a Chartered
NEC, Birmingham
unsurpassed. His office was bursting Chemist, Chartered Scientist and a
Prof. John W
www.ipex.org
with carefully notated ink and coating Fellow of the Royal Society of
Davison PhD,
C.Chem.,
formulations, along with minutely Chemistry; a Fellow of Surface
CSci., FRSC,
detailed experiments. John was the Coatings Technology and a Fellow of FIOP, FTSC
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