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The PPMA Show 2018, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 25 to 27 September, has unveiled a first-class industry-responsive conference programme that looks set to create a forum for education, knowledge share and debate. The free to attend conference sessions will run over the first two days of the show in the Enterprise Zone, with a programme devised to focus on some of the key issues facing modern manufacturing. These include topical issues such as Brexit, Industry 4.0, cyber security, robotics, automation and optimisation, augmented reality, as well as tackling the ongoing debate surrounding the impact of lastics in packaging.

With seventeen factories across Europe, seven of them in the UK, CPI has its UK book cover printing in a single site in Croydon, south London and invested in a Jet Press 720S to ensure that its short-run book jackets, covers and illustrated sections are produced with the maximum quality and reliability. CPI’s Jet Press 720S was installed in July 2018.

Celebrating four decades of manufacturing printing and coding solutions, Domino Printing Sciences has hosted a special event at its UK HQ in Cambridge at which staff were thanked and awarded for their contribution to the company’s development over the years.

On Saturday, 8^th September 2018, employees from AD Communications, their respective family members and friends will take part in the Thames Path Challenge and look to complete a total distance of 700km in under 24 hours in aid of mental health charity, Off The Record.

A new initiative for PPMA Show visitors this year is the Bright Ideas – Ambassador Programme – a free advice service for start-up ventures and entrepreneurs.

Domino Printing Sciences is marking its 40^th anniversary with the opening of its new fluids manufacturing facility in Liverpool, UK. Through the company’s investment in advanced industry production processes, the 175,000sq ft (16,000sq m) site will provide Domino with a significant increase in productivity and capacity and a reduction in lead times. The expansion has created 19 new jobs, bringing the total workforce of the factory to 88 over the next 9 months.

Founded in 1993, Hampshire-based Greenhouse Graphics started out as a conventional litho printer and has grown since then to cover H-UV litho, sheet fed digital and large format inkjet machines. Across all those devices it prints everything from beer mats and posters to magazines, business cards, wall coverings and vehicles wraps.

Sovena, a 100% Portuguese company owned by the Mello family, is one of the world’s largest producers of vegetable and olive oils. With an estimated $1.4 billion in earnings since 2015 – 80% from exports – Sovena puts its trust in Domino to help fulfil its company mission ‘Inspire people to eat healthier and tastier by using olive oil’. The quality and traceability of its product contents are therefore vital to the success of its operations. To meet these requirements, Sovena has chosen Domino’s market-leading Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) solution, the Ax350i.

New app estimates potential time and cost savings possible with the Jet Press based on actual print jobs and business requirements.

Based in Washington, north-east England, Simpson Group confirmed at FESPA 2018 that they would become the latest company to invest in Inca Digital’s ultra-high productivity Onset X3 with full automation, supplied by Fujifilm. Commercial Director Mark Jerrard and Production Director David Dowson, were at FESPA in Berlin in May to shake hands on the deal.

The PPMA Group Industry Awards, which recognise manufacturing excellence, technical innovation, entrepreneurship as well as outstanding achievement and contribution to the industry, will this year take place at a new venue – the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at the NEC – on the 25^th September 2018.

With the sale confirmed at FESPA 2018, the machine was installed and began operation at Echo House’s premises in Surbiton, Surrey in June.