Print-finishing specialist Sydney Stone (Toronto) has introduced Derprosa Bacterstop, an Antibacterial Laminating Film, to Canada. The company has supplied Derprosa Laminating Films since 2010 and offers sales and service nationwide with branches in both Toronto and Vancouver. “Frequently-touched laminated materials such as children’s books, menus and catalogues can allow bacteria to stay on the surface … Read more →
To help the printing community “bounce back” during this time of gradual re-opening and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian trade-only print leader SinaLite (Markham, Ontario) has created a new online Bounceback Resource Center. Launched at the end of May, it’s a page currently on SinaLite’s website that houses a number of timely resources. … Read more →
According to Israeli tech news site CTech, HP Indigo General Manager Alon Bar-Shany told employees on Wednesday, June 10, that he’ll be leaving the company after 25 years, while leading it for the past 15 years as GM. HP Indigo (Ness Ziona, Israel, with offices worldwide), develops, manufactures and markets digital printing solutions – including … Read more →
Ricoh USA (Exton, Pennsylvania) has expanded its digital inkjet portfolio with the introduction of its new monochrome-only Ricoh Pro VC40000 model. Joining the full-colour Pro VC40000 family, this new B&W press brings added depth to an extremely diverse inkjet line. It empowers printers to produce high-volume monochrome applications much faster than the platform’s maximum performance … Read more →
Specialty inks on packaging for beer, sodas and candy that are currently popular among consumers, are now feasible for fountain cups as a result of Chromatic Technologies’ (CTI’s) invention of solvent-specialty inks. CTI (Colorado Springs, Colorado) has invented a new suite of colour-change technologies using solvent inks – including thermochromic (temperature-activated), photochromic (sunlight-activated), glow-in-the-dark and … Read more →
Due to the current COVID 19 pandemic, EyeC (Hamburg, Germany) is now offering a virtual demo experience where EyeC ‘s website visitors can view its entire product range for artwork and prepress inspection, as well as for offline and inline control. EyeC print-inspection experts will outline various system functions and provide insights into different application … Read more →
The search is now underway for the world’s leading innovators in the label and package-printing industry, with a total of five awards available at this year’s Label Industry Global Awards. The annual awards recognize those organizations and individuals who have excelled in the label and package-printing sector in 2019. Entry is free and submissions must … Read more →
OEM Mark Andy (St. Louis, Missouri) has released new features for its digital press line, Digital Pro, launched in August of 2019 with Digital Pro 1 (a roll-to-roll solution) and Digital Pro 3 (an inline digital hybrid press with a single flexo station and die cutting). The product line was originally built to accommodate short-run … Read more →
Sun Chemical (Parsippany, New Jersey) will increase the prices of its solvent-based inks and coatings across North America beginning on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. “Due to the significant increase in the demand for alcohols and solvents for use in sanitizers and pharmaceutical initiatives, the prices of these materials have increased substantially,” said the company. “In … Read more →
Jones Healthcare Group (London, Ontario), a market leader in advanced packaging and medication dispensing solutions, has made a significant investment in taking its packaging services to an unprecedented new level, in the form of a new, fully integrated two-lane Uhlmann Blister Packaging Line. The highly automated equipment will increase the company’s capacity to manage high-demand … Read more →
In a free, exclusive PaperSpecs (Palo Alto, California) webinar, sponsored by Nobelus, Erika Bartos (Hooray Design) and Mark Sarpa (Neuron Publishing/LoveBook) will show designers how, through a smart combination of ‘Sleeking’ paper and digital colour printing, they can produce some amazing, eye-catching creations. The cutting-edge digital process adds beautiful shimmering foil to digital print runs. … Read more →
OEM Domino (Gurnee, Illinois) continues to expand its digital printing business by introducing its new – and first – X630i Digital Inkjet Press for corrugated production. The introduction will be via a virtual launch event on Tuesday, June 16. Characterized as “The New Business Model for Corrugated Box Printing” the highly automated inkjet printing solution … Read more →