The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA, Fairfax, Virginia) is accepting entries for its annual Product of the Year competition through to Friday, August 2. Exclusive to Printing United exhibitors, and judged by a panel of industry experts, the competition awards the leading products in the printing industry across 87 categories. “The Product of the Year … Read more →
Crawford Technologies (Toronto), a leading provider of document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, has announced the release of its Digital Transform Engine (DTE) Version 4.9. The newest version of DTE, the foundation of Crawford Technologies’ portfolio, is designed to provide organizations with solutions to improve their customers’ experiences while ensuring compliance with … Read more →
Pantone (Carlstadt, N.J.), a leading provider of professional colour standards for the design industry, has introduced its Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors Polyester Swatch Book, a collection of 203 vibrant and versatile colour options presented in a new binder format. “As new markets highlighting engineered materials continue to emerge, and new inorganic materials enter the … Read more →
Leading European packaging printer Edelmann Group (Heidenheim, Germany) and Landa Digital Printing (Rehovot, Israel) have announced that 60 leading converters and printers from around the world attended an open house at Edelmann’s Heidenheim facility recently to see Europe’s first Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press producing commercial jobs at 6,500 B1/41-inch sheets per hour. Visitors also … Read more →
Actega North America (Delran, New Jersey), a global market leader in coatings, inks, adhesives and sealants serving the printing and packaging industries, has appointed Lee Andrews as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing overseeing all sales, marketing, business development and brand-owner activities. Most recently, Andrews served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing … Read more →
Last October Adobe announced Project Paras, a plug-in to Photoshop. The response was very encouraging. A broad range of textile designers, from major brands to independent professionals to part-timers and hobbyists, signed up to test it. The adobe team listened closely to their feedback, and used it to make the product even better, it pointed … Read more →
Mimaki USA, a global industry leader in wide-format inkjet printers and cutters, has announced the launch of its JFX200-2513 EX UV-LED wide format inkjet flatbed printer. “Mimaki leads in UV-LED curable technologies and the JFX is one of the industry’s most popular models,” said Michael Maxwell, Senior Manager at Mimaki USA. “Our customers love the … Read more →
Labels give products their unique identity and influence the impulse to buy at the point of sale. Accounting for about 5% of the global print volume, the label market today has the greatest growth potential in the printing industry according to many experts, and has evolved from a niche segment to a sizable industry over … Read more →
In recognition of its Augmented Reality (AR) Accent TV Campaign for International Paper, Rockford, Illinois-based creative agency Trekk has won a Platinum Muse Creative Award in the Experiential & Immersive category. To help launch the new look and feel that Trekk designed for International Paper’s Accent Opaque paper line, the agency created an AR “traffic … Read more →
Stratasys, a global leader in 3D printing and additive solutions, has collaborated with 3DPrint.com and launched a Knowledge Center initially showcasing four new whitepapers, all free for visitors to download. They include: • Be a Consumer Brand Standout. How 3D printed multi-colour, multi-material prototypes help consumer product companies gain a competitive edge with more design freedom … Read more →
Contiweb, a specialist in state-of-the-art technologies for printing, advanced drying and web-handling, have announced that global installations of its silicone-saving Contiweb Fluid Applicator (CFA) now number well over 50 since its commercial launch in 2015. Developed to overcome the high prices associated with ready-made silicone mixtures, the CFA uses a more cost-effective pure silicone oil … Read more →
Screen America’s flagship inkjet press, the Truepress Jet520HD, was recently compared side-by-side with a commercial offset press in an independent test conducted by Image Test Labs (ITL), to determine if inkjet can match the quality offset printin. ITL (a Division of Technology Watch) devised the comparative evaluation study in early 2018 in the course of … Read more →