Major fire at a packaging company
In Port-Sainte-Marie in Lot-et-Garonne (south-west), the Maison Barrieu, which specialises in the packaging and packing of fruit and vegetables, was the victim of a fire during the night of Monday to Tuesday. A building containing pallets and wooden planks was destroyed by the flames, says the company La Dépêche du Midi . However, the incident is not expected to result in layoffs.
In Huy, Belgium, a graphic revamping to boost tourism
Faced with the health crisis, the town of Huy in Belgium wanted to reorganise its tourist and economic policy in order to cope with the situation. A reorganisation that includes a graphic makeover. The Belgian agency Graphi Trump has taken up the challenge with the printing of : 20?000 coloured ribbons to hang on the town hall's gates distributed to shopkeepers, signposts in dibond and a permanent urban exhibition of tarpaulins in the Huy wall, 304 coloured flowers to decorate the town, 20?000 brochures explaining the entire 2020 tourism strategy.
Workshops and courses all summer long at the Printing Museum of Malesherbes
In addition to its permanent collection of no less than 1000 items (machines, printing objects, papers, etc.), its exhibition "?Le temps des vinyles?", the Printing Museum of Malesherbes also offers throughout the summer courses, initiations and training courses led by professionals in the graphic arts. Calligraphy, typography, linocutting, origami, bookbinding... many practices are taught for children and adults. The whole program is to be discovered on the website of the printing company.
