MACtac World Wide Awards winners announced!
The MACtac Worldwide Awards were created to reward excellence in the field of visual communication, help the industry grow and offer new ideas to end-users. The world is divided into 3 areas – Europe, America and International.
J-Teck3 Italy open new headquarters
On April 5th, following the successful FESPA Digital expo in Geneva, J-Teck3 has officially inaugurated its new head quarters in Albese con Cassano (Como Lake Area) with a ceremony which included the J-Teck3 team and 72 partners from Italy and abroad.
Spandex Installs Europe's First Gerber Solara ionx
Spandex has announced the first European installation of its recently announced Gerber Solara ionx flatbed/roll-to-roll, wide-format, UV inkjet printing solution.
Drupa update: First UK Screen Truepress sale
Screen has made a first UK sale of its Truepress Jet 2500UV, the machine was announced a year ago and only became commercially available at Drupa 08.
Drupa update: FastJet, the worlds fastest inkjet printing press for corrugated packaging
Sun Chemical team up with IMG Digipack to produce the FastJet, the world’s fastest inkjet printing press for corrugated packaging.
Fedex Kinko to change name to Fedex Office
The name change is supposed to reflect the technologies that are changing the quick print industry, with the Kinko offices doing more and more digital printing services, direct mail, and more creative jobs like signs and banners.
Drupa update: Agfa sells first :Anapurna XLS
The first sale of the :Anapurna XLS taken at Drupa 08 bodes well for Agfa, many further orders were taken at the show.
Coldenhove Papiers new High Speed Formula Jetcol HTR 4000 Digital Transfer Paper
"Jetcol HTR 4000 140gsm digital transfer paper has long been recognised as the industry benchmark for it's printing stability and high transfer yield, particularly suitable for customers demanding the highest quality dye sublimation transfer paper," said Patrick Koen of Fujifilm Sericol.
Drupa update: First showing of the Meital 3000-10 UV flatbed
One Solution S.A. is a new Belgium based company formed by some of the key design engineers from the old Israeli NUR.
Océ announce a smaller Arizona, the 200 GT
Océ Australia Limited has announced an addition to the award winning Océ Arizona flatbed range. The entry level Océ Arizona 200 GT duplicates the output and build quality of the successful Océ Arizona 250 GT flatbed, but is designed for light production environments with lower volume demands.
Triangle and Summit UV develop Evolve UV - a UV LED curing ink
Triangle Digital INX Co. (TDI) and Summit UV have developed Evolve UV, a UV LED-curing ink that offers 4-colours in a single-pass from Xaar 1001 piezoelectric heads with curing at up to 80 ft. per minute.
Drupa update: GBC sets Guinness World Record with the new Cyclone laminator
GBC successfully achieved a new Guinness World Record at drupa 2008 by setting the fastest time for laminating 102,2 square metres of paper,- size 70 x 100 cm in just 40,53 seconds.
Drupa update: SunJet and Durst develop solution for the thermoforming of UV cured images
SunJet, the inkjet ink division of Sun Chemical, has introduced UV cured inks for printing on thermo-formable media designed specifically for use with Durst digital presses. Both SunJet and Durst are demonstrating the new technology at Drupa 2008.
Drupa update: Announcing the worlds first A2-wide sheet-fed inkjet printer
Intended for the Print On Demand (POD) market and the commercial offset field, the announcement by Dainippon Screen Mfg. that is has developed the world’s first sheet-fed inkjet printing technology for use with ordinary printing paper could also impact on sectors of the display industry. The company announced a prototype of a full-colour sheet-fed variable printing system that features this technology, the Truepress Jet SX.
Drupa update: GMG introduce ColorProof 05
Four years after introducing GMG ColorProof 04 at Drupa, GMG today introduced GMG ColorProof 05.