Wide-format supplier, Papergraphics, has been honoured at HP’s recent awards ceremony in Barcelona, where the company was awarded the title of UK and Ireland Best Performing Latex Partner for 2024. Papergraphics’ HP offerings for the UK and Ireland region include the HP Latex 630, 700, and 800 W, along with the superwide-format HP Latex 1500. Speaking of the company’s award, Colin Easton, print channel manager, Large-Format, at HP UK&I, says: “Congratulations to Papergraphics on this well-deserved recognition. The company’s focus, expertise, and dedication to growing the Latex market have been vital to our shared success.” Two UK signage companies are among the winners of this year’s FESPA Awards, which highlights achievements in the speciality print and signage industries. The awards, which were announced during this year’s FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin, saw 278 entries from over 30 countries competing for prizes. Among the winners was Watford-based commercial printer, Stylographics (Stylo), which won gold in two separate categories, namely Non-Printed Signage and Glass, Ceramic, Metal, and Wood Products. Stylo received the Non-Printed Signage and Glass award for its creative out-of-home (OOH) campaign for Vodafone made during the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The Glass, Ceramic, Metal, and Wood Products award was presented for an interior installation themed around the movie Barbie, complete with pink wall graphics and an illuminated heart-shaped centrepiece. Another UK winner of the FESPA Awards was Imageco, which received the Gold prize in the Display and Packaging on Paper & Plastic category. The Leeds based sign and design services company won the award for a retail display at a Dr Martens store themed around the Netflix mystery series – Wednesday. For the campaign, which commemorated the launch of a limited-edition shoe collection designed around Wednesday, Dr Martens tasked Imageco with transforming its Carnaby London location to resemble a spooky set on the show. Among the graphics and signage displays, the installation included a ‘spiderweb’ window display with layered effects created by multi-pass printing on a swissQprint Nyala 4 flatbed printer. The full list of this year’s winners is available on the FESPA Awards website. Imageco created a colourful spiderweb window display for Dr Martens Papergraphics wins top prize at HP awards Advertising hoarding to be removed from Marble Arch The scaffolding currently encasing Marble Arch, one of London’s most iconic landmarks, will soon be removed to reveal almost two years of cleaning and conservation work carried out by English Heritage. The conservation programme was made possible by advertising revenue generated by Ocean Outdoor, which erected a purpose-built sleeve to shroud the 19th century arch during the English Heritage renovation project, which was offered to advertisers for out-of-home (OOH) displays. The revenue generated by advertising on the 19th Century arch has helped support English Heritage’s repair of the London landmark. During 20 months of work, 13 brands embraced the commercial opportunity, with Ocean managing the installation of 17 purpose-built advertising wraps. Vodafone was the first to take up a residency on Marble Arch after repairs started in August 2023. The final occupier was premium appliance brand Miele, with an experiential activation in April. Other advertisers included Adidas, Cartier, H&M, and Peroni. Restoration work is scheduled to last until the summer, when all scaffolding and fencing will be removed and the repaired and protected arch will be revealed to the public. The advertising hoarding was previously used for a campaign by Gucci during London Fashion Week Outsmart, the UK’s trade body for out-ofhome (OOH) advertising, recently launched a campaign titled ‘Vision for Growth’, which calls upon the UK government to boost growth within the sector. As part of the campaign, Outsmart has given a range of recommendations to promote expansion within the OOH industry and address current barriers to economic growth. Vision for Growth calls for the removal of business rates on social infrastructure. According to Outsmart, this would allow media owners to reinvest in public spaces, benefiting communities while simplifying financial processes for local councils. Outsmart is also calling for extending express planning consents from five to ten years to provide long-term stability. Outsmart represents media owners responsible for over 90% of the OOH sector’s revenue in the UK By Jonathan Pert By Jonathan Pert By Jonathan Pert UK print and signage companies among FESPA Awards winners Outsmart calls on UK government to boost OOH sector Director of Papergraphics, Doug Gilbertson (second from left) accepted the award in person at the event INDUSTRY / NEWS 7 www.signlink.co.uk June / July 2025 - Issue 259
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