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Canon Europe appoints new director
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Canon Europe has appointed Mathew Faulkner to the role of EMEA director, marketing and innovation, wide-format printing group. Faulkner - who now reports into the newly appointed European production planning, marketing and innovation senior director, Jennifer Kolloczek - also sits on the council of the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) and is chairman of its training and education subcommittee. He is also a member of the marketing steering group for the notfor-profit organisation Two Sides. He said of his new role: “Canon has a world-class wide-format offering, from innovative large-format
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print technologies to the software solutions that support them, to the specialist partners we work with to help customers work smarter. I’m excited to come back into the vibrant world of wide-format print and inspire our customers with all of the creative applications and growth opportunities that are within their reach.” Faulkner has undertaken a range of marketing roles in Canon’s production print business over the last decade, including almost five years working in applications-led marketing and business development for wide-format, following two years marketing the imagePrograf portfolio.
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Fespa UK Association extends waste management project Fespa UK Association is extending its waste management scheme to provide an end-of-life print recycling option following requests from printers. “Our new scheme gives a solution to end of campaign banner recycling. It will provide either a tube or box system that will allow the end user to take down the banners, put them in the boxes or tubes and send them directly to the recyclers. This gives Fespa UK members traceability of their substrates even after installation,” said
Fespa UK MD Suzi Wilkinson. Fespa UK has also recently launched a sustainability hub ‘Responsible Print Solutions’ - an ever-evolving site that aims to help printers become more sustainable. The association has researched all the services on the site and spoken to member printers that have used the partnered companies. See feature in the ‘Envirornment’ section of this issue.
Imageco now carbon neutral
Fespa Awards 2023 open for entry
Imageco Visual Imaging has been certified a carbon neutral printer with the internationally recognised PAS2060 standard. MD Nathan Swinson Bullough said: “I am delighted to share this news after all the work we have done on our sustainable journey. Massive thanks to CarbonQuota for helping us. I didn’t think this was possible as we set off on our journey years ago, but after the introduction to Dominic Harris [co-founder at CarbonQuota] and the team our goals have been accelerated. “Our carbon credits will work towards CarbonQuota Portfolio projects including: PacajaiREDD+, Brazil (Verra Project 981); Tropical Mix, Panana (Gold Standard Project 2940); and Green Infra Wind Gujarat, India (Gold Standard Project 7795). “I’m always open to helping anyone that wants to look into becoming carbon neutral. It’s not easy but it is achievable as we have demonstrated.”
Entry is now open to the Fespa Awards 2023. The closing date for entries is 25 January 2023. The shortlisted entries will be announced on 13 March and will be displayed at Fespa Global Print Expo 2023, 23 - 26 May at Messe Munich, Germany. Fespa has added a new awards category to zone in on sustainably produced applications. This award will be judged across all categories against environmental considerations, including a reduction in the use of materials, energy and labour throughout production; whether the product can be reused or recycled; if notable attention has been paid to lifecycle analysis; and whether the entry is economically viable. The other awards categories are: Display and POP on Paper and Board; Packaging on Paper and Board; Display and POP on Plastic; Packaging on Plastics; Posters; Serigraphies and Fine Art; Decals and Printed Labels; Wrapping; Creative Special Effects Paper Board and Plastics; Special Effects on T-shirts,
Garments and Other Textiles; Printed Garments; Roll-to-Roll Printed Textiles; Glass, Ceramic, Metal and Wood Products; Direct Printing on 3D Products; Non-Printed Signage; Functional Printing; Printeriors There is a charge of 100 Euro per entry for Fespa members or 150 Euro per entry for non-members. The final category is the Young Star Award, which can be entered by those aged 16 to 25 working as a vocational trainee or student. Entrants can enter this award by submitting work in any of the print related categories. There is no cost to enter the Young Star category and the prize for the winner is 1,000 Euro. In addition to the Sustainability Award, there are three further awards that all entrants are automatically considered for. The People’s Choice Award is voted for by Fespa’s online community across all categories and voting for this award will be open from 13 February 2023. The Best in Show Award and the Judges Award for Innovation are chosen by the Fespa Awards judges.
Avery Dennison introduces new Sustainable Print portfolio products Avery Dennison has introduced various media products as part of its new Sustainable Print portfolio. The Avery Dennison SP 1504 Easy Apply is a PVCfree digital film for automotive wraps said to provide excellent conformability and repositionability, while the Avery Dennison SP 3523 Opaque Matt is a PVC-
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free alternative for short-term promotional graphics. Also, the company used Fespa to show its Organoid Natural Surfaces portfolio that includes media made from renewable materials with self-adhesive backing for application to walls and windows. Alessandro Sacchi, product line director, graphics
solutions Europe, said: “These Sustainable Portfolio materials are the result of extensive research and development. They have been developed to make sure that installers don’t have to offer second-best when transforming their own and their end users’ environmental footprint.”
