The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM) selected BTC Group to produce its new official merchandise programme, the first in the Federation’s 58 year history.

Entrants in the annual awards to be held at the Printwear & Promotion exhibition can benefit from requesting their entry sample directly from Kustom Kit. The awards, which will be held at the Printwear & Promotion exhibition from March 4th to March 6th 2007, have been re-branded as the Kustom Kit P&P awards and recognise excellence in the following categories.

Entrants in the annual awards to be held at the Printwear & Promotion exhibition can benefit from requesting their entry sample directly from Kustom Kit. The awards, which will be held at the Printwear & Promotion exhibition from March 4th to March 6th 2007, have been re-branded as the Kustom Kit P&P awards and recognise excellence in the following categories.

Grafityp UK Ltd has launched its LaserPro Gaia laser cutting system.

Promotional goods decorators looking to find new ways to increase business by adding services and offering additional products to their customers need look no further than PF Concept’s Business gift range. The company says that it is the world’s largest supplier of promotional products and that its Business gift range can help to increase not only your product range but also your turnover.

BTC Group has been awarded the internationally recognised standard for the quality management of businesses – the highly respected ISO 9001 accreditation.

"Get Serious", a new campaign launched by The Chartered Institute of Marketing, is set to raise awareness amongst marketing practitioners about the benefits of undertaking professionally credited qualifications.

A brand new venture aimed at bringing together and encouraging the UK’s growing number of start-up businesses.

BTC Group has appointed Faye Deaves to its in-house design team working closely with the company’s dedicated account teams and customers to advise on and implement specific design tasks.

The Brazilian textile industry is aiming to attain 1% of the global textile market business by 2008.

Stretch360° (S360°) is the latest fabric developed exclusively by Mantis World.

Stretch360° (S360°) is the latest fabric developed exclusively by Mantis World.

The Eleksen Group has developed a 100% customisable version of its wireless fabric keyboard, the ElekTex smart fabric touchpads, suitable for use with Blackberry, Treo, Nokia and Microsoft smart phones.

Sometimes long sleeves on a t-shirt are necessary as they are casual and lighter than sweat shirts. James & Nicholson's collection offers a wide range of these trendy garments, from soft to loud colours.

Folding long-sleeve garments is easier than ever with Amscomatic’s LS-300 long-sleeve pre-folding attachment available from M&R.

Skinguard is a high performance fabric from Gymphlex who says that it is the perfect fabric for a variety of sporting garments, from leotards to cycling shorts and rowing kits.

Mantis World has introduced two new styles into its organic TLC range.

Easy to own and economical to operate, Fusion is M&R's most affordable 91 cm (36”) textile dryer. Available in 183 cm (6') and 305 cm (10') heat chamber lengths, Fusion's thermal insulation helps prevent heat from migrating into the workplace.

Challenger Z is the second press to incorporate M&R’s new Z-Series features.

Ink specialist the Lancer Group has launched a new ink and a software update.

Daiber is offering a fashionable military collection for the major offensive in the new season.

EthicStar has added another camouflage colour into its ES-156 hooded zipper jacket range.

Kyp Systems, inventors of the iKyp, were appointed by Sports Vision International to be a part of Europe's largest lifestyle sports festival with a

specially designed iKyp featuring details of all schedules, events and competitions that took place over the seven-day the Rip Curl Boardmasters 2006 festival that was recently held in Newquay.

Anyone can now become an online member of the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) via its online information service.

Firebrand is giving Christmas promotions a fresh twist with new technology.

One example is a twist on the familiar thin plastic photo frame, which now doubles as a pair of flat panel speakers. Standing on the desk, the frames are roughly A4 in size and ready to display that favourite shot and are ready to plug straight into an audio system.