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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 22 images MARCH 2021 Colorgate has appointed Oliver Guth as its key account manager for industrial printing. An expert in digital décor printing, Oliver had previously worked for colour management company Caddon and décor producer Impress. He has also worked as a colour management expert, and managed large-scale digital printing projects in the décor industry. In his new role at Colorgate, which provides colour management solutions for the printing sector, Oliver will focus on accelerating the adoption of digital printing processes in the décor market, and will also be analysing customers’ workflows and requirements to help them lead their digital print projects based on the latest technology. Thomas Kirschner, CEO of Colorgate, commented: “An integral part of our company strategy is to deliver expert knowledge to accelerate the beneficial adoption of digital printing. “Oliver is a perfect fit with this strategy — he has successfully managed digital décor printing projects himself in the key area of analogue to digital conversion and knows our customers’ perspective.” imagesmag.uk/Oliver-Guth Oliver Guth CHANGING FACES Tag us on Instagram! @imagesmaguk Screenworks achieves three ISO awards Garment decoration company Screenworks has been reaccredited the ISO 9001 certification, an internationally recognised quality management system, as well as the ISO14001 award, which relates to environmental management, and helps companies minimise how their operations negatively affect the environment. The company’s third award is the new 45001 certification, an international ISO standard for management systems of occupational health and safety, which aims to reduce occupational injuries and diseases, as well as promote and protect physical and mental health. Alan Porter, operations director at Screenworks, commented: “Our ISO accreditations demonstrate our commitment to operating professionally and safely, as well as how we manage our impact on the environment, along with strong organisational skills that are well documented.” imagesmag.uk/Screenworks-ISO Alan Porter of Screenworks said the company is delighted to achieve the ISO accreditations Heimtextil postponed until 2022 Heimtextil has been postponed until 2022 due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. Originally scheduled to be held in May 2021, the international textile trade fair will now take place from 11-14 January 2022 at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre in Germany. imagesmag.uk/Heimtextil- postponed-2022 Brother GTX Series now prints on dark polyester and leather Decorators can now print on dark polyester and leather using the Brother GTX Series of direct-to-garment printers. In addition to cotton, the two materials can now be printed in high resolution on all printers in the Brother GTX series — the GTX, GTXpro and GTXpro Bulk — without having to change inks in between. “All that’s required is the use of pretreatments specially tailored to the new applications, and new software for creating the print data so that you can significantly expand your product range — the new software/firmware package is available free of charge,” explained Brother. “The printing of leather can be done on the raw material in order to produce finished shoes, bags or other items in the next step, but also finished articles, such as backpacks and belts, can be refined with photo-realistic, four-colour prints. “From unique single pieces and clothing for sports clubs to workwear with company or employee names in four-colour printing, all is possible even in small to medium-sized print runs, without any problems and at no high additional costs.” Depending on user preferences, there are two kinds of fixation – matt and glossy – as well as one pretreatment available, which can be obtained from Brother’s certified distributors from 1 April 2021. GTX Series users can receive information about these new printing options directly from Brother’s UK distributor MHM Direct GB. imagesmag.uk/GTX-darkpoly-leather Brother GTX, GTXpro and GTXpro BULK users can now print on leather and dark polyester