During Lopec 2018, Sun Chemical will showcase solutions for printed electronics, displays, electroluminescent lighting, smart sensors, packaging, printed circuit boards, and electronics manufacturing – and talk about its strategic partnerships and acquisitions. It will also show off its conductive inks and a range of technologies from its parent company, the DIC Corporation.
Mal McGowan, CEO of Dublin-based McGowans Print, is to speak at EFI user conference Connect 2018 in Las Vegas, 23-26 January, as one of the first users of EFI's singlepass LED inkjet corrugated board digital press, the Nozomi C18000. He will take part in a fireside chat keynote, moderated by CEO Guy Gecht, as will other Nozomi C18000 early adopter Eric Bacourt, CEO of Spain-based Hinojosa Packaging Solutions.
SGIA will retire the SGIA Expo in the US following this year’s event in Las Vegas, 18 - 20 October, and lend its support to a new Print United Expo, the first of which will take place in Dallas in October 2019.
Quality Print Services (QPS) has announced the availability of Nazdar NDT600 Series dye-sublimation inks - suitable for a range of applications including display graphics, personalised gifts, sportswear etc.
Antalis has renamed its Digital Academy the Antalis Academy. To coincide with the rebrand, the company is seeking to widen the academy’s reach through a series of expert webinars, the first of which is due to take place early March and will cover key business skills. There will also be a series of breakfast seminars throughout 2018 for brands, agencies, printers, signmakers and trade organisations. The first of these will take place on 24 January with speakers Steve Lister from Konica Minolta Marketing and Martyn Eustace from the Two Sides organisation. They will focus on different aspects of sustainability.
William Smith has added three decorative window films to its range. They are Vion dichroic film Ambience, Contra Vision Campaign Clear series and Contra Vision HD Performance (pictured). The latter will be available from February - the other two can be ordered now.
Sign and Digital UK organiser Faversham House is introducing a series of downloadable practical articles on topics of interest to visitors to the show. They can be found in the 'Sign and Digital Explains' area of the event website.
The next Pure Digital event’s webinar will be held on 26 January. Entitled 'Driving New Business with Digital Print' it will field a panel of experts from decor through to commercial print who will provide insight on growing their digital printing businesses. Speakers include Juriaan van Beelen of Nettl, Vincent van Herk of Driven by Design, Steve Lister of Konica Minolta Marketing Services, Bjorn van Hamond of RPI and Hugo Schout of Low and Bonar.
Paper and cardboard packaging comes out on top for environmental-friendliness in a new consumer survey conducted for Two Sides by research agency Toluna.
EFI has introduced a textile bundle for use with its Reggiani digital inkjet printers. The package includes the new Fiery DesignPro Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop plug-ins and the newest Fiery proServer DFE for textile production.
According to a recent survey of over 1,000 companies across the global graphics arts sector by the Ghent Workgroup (GWG) - whose objective is to establish and disseminate process specifications for best practices in workflows - 90% of companies are now receiving PDF files in preference to EPS and Postscript. But, the survey - which asked ‘which standards are missing?’ - also received a significant response asking for specifications for large-format and packaging . GWG said there would be news on this in the near future.
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