At Fespa 2018 London-based Delta Group ordered an EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass, LED inkjet corrugated packaging printer with running speeds up to 75m/min to meet the demand for faster turnaround times and lower costs.
Inkjet printhead developer Xaar has clinched ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the 3D Printing Industry Awards 2018 for its High Laydown Technology for Material Jetting, which is at the forefront of the drive to make 3D printing a mainstream manufacturing process.
Fespa Global Print Expo will return to Spain in 2020, this time to the Fiera de Madrid on 24 - 27 March. It will again cover digital and screen printing and will be co-located with European Sign Expo.
Fespa's 2018 Awards have been presented, with UK company Harwood King Printmakers clinching the Best in Show Award for its entry ‘Flower Girl’, which also won the Serigraphies and Fine Art category.
During Fespa 2018 the European Digital Press Association (EDP) presented the 12th annual EDP Awards for best products and developments announced or presented within the last 12 months. The recipients were…
A new film - the JT 8300 Dot Series - that can be used without the need for professional installers has been introduced by Mactac Europe. There’s a white and a transparent version, both of which are printable.
Lintec Europe has a new wet apply film made of recycled components which it has introduced as part of its corporate mission to raise awareness of sustainable manufacturing practices within the graphic, print and visual communication industries. E-2301RC Recycled can be used for UV digital, screen and offset printing applications.
Fespa has released key findings from its 2018 Print Census, for which data from 1,405 people across 102 countries was gathered throughout 2017 at its events and from its member associations and analysed in partnership with InfoTrends, a division of Keypoint Intelligence.
swissQprint has used Fespa 2018 as promised to present its new generation 3 LED printers - the Nyala 3, Impala 3 and Oryx 3, together with high-speed models Nyala 3S (up to 370m2/h) and Impala 3S (up to 317m2/h).
New from Agfa Graphics is the Jeti Tauro H3300 LED printer. Building on the Jeti Tauro H2500 LED, the hybrid workhorse is capable of printing on media up to 3.3m wide at speeds up to 453m²/h, and is designed for 24/7 operation. It is convertible to enable different degrees of automation.
Onyx Graphics has launched Onyx 18, an update to its wide- and grand-format software that enables PSPs to prove to customers that colour accuracy, consistency and conformance to standards such as G7 and Fogra have been met.
Mimaki Europe has announced that the UCJV Series with LUS-200 inks will carry the 3M MCS warranty in Europe from mid-summer. This provides protection for the intended life of each graphic, including fading, cracking, peeling and other aspects of the graphic performance. It covers up to eight years on some interior finished graphics, and up to six years on some outdoor applications when using 3M media and installed using 3M guidelines.
HP has announced two new 6-colour, 2.8m wide PageWide thermal inkjet printers for pre-print corrugated packaging - the HP PageWide T1190 and HP PageWide T1170. The flagship PageWide T1190 is said to offer 67% more throughput than the current PageWide T1100S, delivering up to 305m/min. The T1170 prints at up to 183m/min in 6-colours, compared with four-colour printing at the same speed on the PageWide T1100S.
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