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ESPA is Bringing Colour Back at this year’s Global Print Expo, which is now scheduled to take place at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from October 12 to 15. This will be the fi rst FESPA live event in Europe since May 2019, following the postponement of all events during 2020 and early 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. Recent research conducted among FESPA’s audiences reveals a strong appetite for the live event, with 73% of respondents seeing trade shows as an essential platform for reviewing and making future product purchases.


With a focus on supporting speciality print communities with sustained business recovery following the challenges of the


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last year, FESPA aims to deliver a COVID- safe environment that gives visitors and exhibitors the fi rst chance to connect face-to- face in over 18 months.


Occupying six exhibition halls at the RAI, print service providers and sign makers will experience the latest innovations in screen, digital, wide format and textile printing, from over 300 expected suppliers. FESPA’s popular Printeriors and World Wrap Masters features will also return to inspire visitors with the


latest ideas, applications and materials in interior décor and vehicle wrapping. Neil Felton, CEO of FESPA, said: “Our audiences have told us that they need access to hands-on product demonstrations and to participate in face-to-face meetings with multiple suppliers to support their recovery, and they see FESPA Global Print Expo as a key milestone in their forward planning. Taking into account all information currently available to us, we’re relaunching FESPA 2021 this autumn with confi dence that we can offer participants a live event that takes all possible health and safety precautions, while still fulfi lling their key expectations of a FESPA show as an interactive, multisensory experience.”


• Visit www.fespa.com to register Screen Print World introduces all-new hybrid water-based inks


creen Print World’s all-new Spot-On Hybrid inks offer the printer the best of both worlds – a slow drying smooth printing water-based ink suitable for printing onto light and dark garments.


Spot-On Hybrid inks are silky smooth to print and perfect for manual or automatic print applications.


The Spot-On Hybrid Inks are designed to stay open in the screen for extended periods


and do not block like traditional water-based inks, best results with opaque inks are obtained using 43T mesh counts. These inks will fl ash off on press


very quickly and offer a smooth soft matte fi nish on fi nal curing. The composition of the


Toolstream targets talent from Dickies


eading tools supplier and distributor, Toolstream, has appointed James Whitaker and


Laura Cansfi eld as marketing director and head of workwear respectively. Both Mr Whitaker and Ms Cansfi eld join from Dickies Workwear, where they also supported the company’s sister brand, Timberland PRO. During his time at Dickies, Mr Whitaker was responsible for championing its clothing and footwear ranges with engaging, inspirational content – transforming the way the brand communicated with its customers. In his new role at Toolstream, Mr Whitaker will oversee its portfolio of brands, including workwear range, Scruffs, plus Silverline tools and woodworking tool specialist, Triton. He said: “The construction industry is a growing and fast-changing sector and


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I’m delighted to have the opportunity to continue to work in this exciting fi eld with Toolstream.


“A major focus of my role will be to build on Toolstream’s success by expanding its reach among tradespeople and the merchants that serve them.”


Having played an integral role within the Dickies merchandising and product development team, Ms Cansfi eld will bring her years of experience in workwear to oversee brand growth avenues and new product creation for Scruffs.


She said: “Scruffs is a well-established workwear brand, offering clothing and footwear that incorporates its own DNA while focusing on the all- important safety and protection that tradespeople rely on. I’m extremely excited to have the opportunity to help


James Whitaker and Laura Cansfield


expand the product base and target markets through the UK and Europe.” The new appointments come as Dickies Workwear’s parent company, VF Corporation, has proposed to discontinue the brand’s business in the UK. Under the proposals, Dickies Workwear would instead be managed out of VF’s international headquarters in Stabio, Switzerland, and would shift to an online only model.


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WB Hybrid Inks prevents clogging and allow screens to stay open three to four times longer than traditional water-based inks. These inks offer extra elasticity, soft handle, high washing resistance and rub fastness with a smooth matte fi nish. The Spot-On Hybrid Inks include a super opaque white, a Spot-On Hybrid Base for adding pigments. metallic gold and silver, as well as a unique water-based anti-migration base.


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