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Research published by Persistence Market Research (PMR) shows the global market for printing inks is expected to account for a market value of close to $18,000 million during the year 2017 as well as is likely to reach a market value of around $27,500 million through the end of the …

Throughout December and January, the team at D. Roper undertook training and refresher courses. These included refresher training and courses in; first aid, customer service, fork lift refreshers, compressor training and more. As the company continues to grow, taking more orders and packing more boxes each day it is important …

Trade textile supplier Golden Finishes started January with a move into a new 10,000sq ft premises in Caerphilly, South Wales. The new manufacturing unit will be home to Golden Finishes’ customer service team, despatch team and production facilities which produce the ReadyRange brand of promotional textiles as well as over …

The Hohenstein Group has developed the HOYScan compression testing device which measures accurately compression during movement and the interaction between different materials. Compression garments constitute a high-growth technology in the sport, leisure and medical sectors. Compression garments generally come with a defined level of compression. Until now, however, these values …

Cheltenham-based print and gift company Betsy Benn choose Trotec to personalise a variety of her designs from Christmas decorations to passport covers and beyond. Betsy Benn started out as a sole trader in 2010 focusing on selling her unique prints in small boutiques. She was soon invited to join www.notonthehighstreet.com …

TheMagicTouch has reported that personalisation is indeed alive and kicking. The Dunstable-based company has recorded record sales across the board of all traditional transfer product applications, but was astounded to see the success of a selection of new applications. Earlier in 2017 the company perfected the image transfer process onto …

To enhance efficiency, OKI Europe is bringing together its entire Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales operation (with the exception of Russia) under one umbrella. As a result, its current group of sales companies across EMEA, will be combined under one legal entity. Dennie Kawahara, managing director, OKI Europe, …

UK textile manufacturing is booming with production up 25% and 50% of businesses reporting an increase in turnover compared to last year, according to the annual survey conducted by Make it British. This comes despite economic uncertainty with issues surrounding the availability of skills for an industry that just a …

The existing guidelines of the Oeko-Tex product portfolio were updated at the beginning of January and will come into effect on April 1. The most important changes are as follows: Detox to Zero by Oeko-Tex Thanks to the comparability of the Detox to Zero MRSL with the valid MRSL for …

School uniform supplier Trutex has joined forces with ParentPay to provide the online payment service to schools and families. Schools that switch to use Trutex as their main uniform supplier will get ParentPay free for their school.  The online payment system is a cashless service used by schools to charge …