Images Digital Edition March 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 12 images MARCH 2019 Dimensions raises £28,000 for charity Corporate uniform provider Dimensions has revealed that in 2018 it raised £27,800 for charitable causes. Staff at the company carried out a number of fundraisers over the 12 months, including cake sales, quizzes and a 40-mile trek. The overall fund was split between international, national and local charitable causes, including Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and the Glory Bandhu Protim Samaj Kallayan Sangstha School, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The school has a special meaning for a lot of staff, reports the company, as Bangladesh is a major producer of Dimensions’ uniforms and many employees have visited the school in the past. Dimensions earmarked £5,300 of the total for local causes, with staff voting for the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, to receive money. Dimensions has announced its new charities for 2019: Doorways Derby a homeless charity, has been confirmed as the regional charity; the national charity is mental health resource Mind; and Save the Children will also be receiving donations as the chosen international charity. www.dimensions.co.uk Industrial Workwear celebrates 20 years County Durham-based Industrial Workwear is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a £250,000 investment in its factory, staff, machinery and website. The company is putting £250,000 into a new B2C website, new machinery and increasing its factory space by a third, as well as creating 10 new jobs. Sales director Craig Hamilton said: “After six years‘ hard work growing the B2B side of our business, we are now in a strong position to tackle the lucrative online consumer workwear market and grow our business rapidly. “We couldn’t have achieved this without our loyal and skilled north-east workforce, who are the backbone of our business. This is why we are delighted to create 10 new roles, four of these being apprentices, to help spearhead our growth.” The new website will be launched on 18 March 2019. www.industrialworkwear.com Staff at Dimensions raised money for local hospitals and charities in 2018 Industrial Workwear started trading in 1999 40.9K tweet impressions Jan 2019 @imagesmaguk A Passion For Print Fespa UK has revealed the speakers at its A Passion For Print 2019 conference, which is being held on Wednesday 10 April 2019. They include Kate Hills, founder of Make it British, who will give an overview of the textile market; Sharon Donovich, Kornit’s regional product marketing manager, who will discuss web-to-print and Neopigment inks; and Eric Beyeler, global marketing manager for digital printing at DuPont Advanced Printing, who will talk about sustainability in textiles. www.fespauk.com On show at Sign & Digital UK, the Mimaki TS55 printer First UK showing of Mimaki TS55 at Sign & Digital UK 2019 Mimaki distributor Hybrid Services is to show the Mimaki TS55 dye sublimation printer at Sign & Digital UK 2019 in April, the first time the 1.9m transfer paper printer has been shown at a UK exhibition. “Production printing is a core theme for the Hybrid stand at Sign & Digital UK this year,” said Hybrid’s chief operations manager, Brett Newman. “Across Mimaki’s range of solvent printers and integrated printer/cutters, LED UV roll-to-roll and flatbed machines and a host of textile and dye sublimation technology, we’re able to deliver a production solution for print companies, whatever their volume requirements.” He added: “Sign & Digital UK is a key event for the print industry and an annual highlight for Hybrid.” For more information on Sign & Digital UK 2019, which is being held at the NEC, Birmingham, on 2-4 April, turn to page 22. www.hybridservices.co.uk