Inkjet Insight’s free on-demand educational webinar titled Six Sensible Steps Towards Doing More with Inkjet can help you enter new markets, or do more for the customers you currently have. Moderated by Mary Schilling, Inkjet Development & Print Quality Manager with Inkjet Insight, the webinar will discuss the impact of plant capabilities, business models, sales … Read more →
Delphax Solutions (DSI, Mississauga, Ontario), a leading digital inkjet press manufacturer, has completed a major upgrade to the new Elan platform already installed at Prime Data located in Aurora, Ontario. Prime Data, an early adopter of the Elan platform, is the first company to field-upgrade its existing Elan system to DSI’s new “Elan HD” platform. … Read more →
With encouragement and hard facts from Two Sides North America, a global non-profit organization promoting the sustainability of print and paper, over 440 companies across the globe have now agreed to remove their misleading environmental claims. Environmental claims such as “go green – go paperless” and “save trees” are regularly used by banks, telecoms, utilities, … Read more →
In addition to its 96 educational sessions, Printing United (the latest iteration of the SGIA Expo) will feature three half-day intensive workshops on Tuesday, October 22, the day before its official show opening in Dallas, Texas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Complementing the comprehensive agenda throughout the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) and … Read more →
Drytac (Bristol, UK), a leading international manufacturer of self-adhesive materials for the large-format printing and signage markets, has added Polar Chrome Film to its popular Polar range “to give even more options to print professionals, advertising agencies and retailers who want to make an impact with their displays.” Polar Chrome is a 75-micron (3-mil) reflective … Read more →
Xaar (Cambridge, UK) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its popular Xaar 128 Inkjet Printhead. Surprisingly, the 128 was initially conceived and targeted for use in desktop fax machines. But after its launch, it proved to be better suited to other sectors due to its combination of reliability, ease of integration, speed and high quality … Read more →
Mary Elizabeth Black of Big Cedar Estates in Oro Medonte, Ontario, printing industry veteran and owner of Mary Black Recruiting, lost her heroic battle with cancer on Friday, July 5, 2019 after spending her last moments with her family. This is not only a loss for the printing industry, but a sad moment for anyone … Read more →
The École des entrepreneurs du Québec has received a $3.2 million investment from the federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) Ecosystem Fund. The post-secondary educational institution specializes in offering support on launching, growing and selling businesses – in addition to loans, grants and business financing. Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, during … Read more →
The allure of printed packages and labels that change colours to reflect product temperatures has been expanded. Chromatic Technologies Incorporated (CTI – Colorado Springs, Colorado) has launched the packaging industry’s first thermochromic ink for use in solvent-ink applications. Thermochromic inks change colours as they cool. In the U.S., about 40% of consumers complain about being … Read more →
Crawford Technologies (Toronto), a leading provider of document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, has been included on the Branham300 list for the ninth year in a row as one of Canada’s top Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies. The list is published by the Branham Group, a global ICT industry analyst and … Read more →
Quark (Denver, Colorado) has announced the official availability QuarkXPress 2019, the new release of Quark’s graphic design and page layout software for creative professionals. “From page layout and web design to mobile app creation, illustration and photo editing, QuarkXPress is the go-to application for print and digital design,” said the company. “QuarkXPress 2019 introduces Flex … Read more →
A new GlueCalc smartphone app from Baumer hhs (Krefeld, Germany), allows packaging manufacturers to easily and effectively calculate and optimize adhesive consumption on a job-by-job basis right at their own production lines. Characterized as “a world’s first,” the tool can identify potential ways to cut adhesive consumption and reduce associated Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. GlueCalc … Read more →