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Laurel Brunner: Environmental laws and the print industry
The current environmental laws are complex and are becoming stricter, also for the print industry. On her Verdrigris blog Laurel writes about a 43 page document meant for 7,000 printing companies and the reasons why this is over the top and how this will stall profitability and employment of thousands of printing companies. Read about…
Lees meerXerox splits up
Xerox has split into two publicly traded companies. One company is dedicated to document technology and the other to business process outsourcing (BPO). The company names and leaders are subject of further announcements. All reorganisation will be completed by end 2016. According to the FD (Financieel Dagblad – Dutch Financial Times) the shareholders are the…
Lees meerScreen expands Schneidler Grafiska distribution portfolio with Truepress Jet digital label press in Scandinavia
Screen has appointed Schneidler Grafiska AB as its exclusive distributor for the Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The move continues the long standing relationship between the two companies. Schneidler, with headquarters in Sweden and branch offices in Denmark and Norway, offers clients a complete end-to-end service from…
Lees meerTaking printing to industrial level: AFIP conference on 2-3 March in Düsseldorf
Fully integrated temp logging label, manufactured by Quad Industries “Printing as an integral part of the production process” will be the main theme of technical presentations during the third Advanced Functional and Industrial Printing (AFIP) conference, organised by ESMA on 2-3 March 2016 in Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany. The conference…
Lees meerWide format printing grows by 10% each year
According to UK research agency Lightwords the market for industrial wide format inkjet printers will continue to grow worldwide by 10% annually. The highest growth is in textile printing, according to the analysis. Also UV printing is growing fast. Standard wide format graphics and cad products will remain stable. The total market for printers and…
Lees meerBelgian and Dutch corrugated carton together
The Belgian and Dutch corrugated carton industry have joined together in the new Corrugated Benelux Association (CBA), in Brussels. The Dutch part of the association is Stichting Golfkarton, also new. This means that the original Belgium Vereniging van Golfkartonfabrikanten and the Dutch Vereniging Golfkarton – founded in 1949 – will cease to exist. The corrugated…
Lees meerThe future is bright
EFI Connect – 19-22 January in Las Vegas, as well as FESPA Digital – 8-11 March in Amsterdam, are overwhelmed by visitors and exhibitors. Both events focus on digital technology which is to be expected, every print shop, just like their clients, want to get their information onto paper in the best possible way. Add…
Lees meerSouthern European Print Congress moves to Italy for 2016 edition
FESPA’s 2016 Southern European Print Congress, delivered by four of its member associations, will take place from 19-20 April 2016, in Milan, Italy, following the success of the 2015 event held in Barcelona, Spain. The 2016 Congress will be organised by Apigraf (Portugal), FESPA España Asociación, FESPA France Association, and the host country, FESPA Italia…
Lees meerPrinter invests against the odds
Belgium printer Haletra, based in Houthalen-Helchteren, is planning to invest 8 million euros to double production space. Such an investment is not very usual, especially not in these times of heavy competition. “Our sector has been under a lot of pressure for years now”, says Dirk Mewissen (46), CEO of the family enterprise. “In 2007…
Lees meerDirect to garment is hot: Ricoh acquires AnaJet
If you had any doubts about the market potential of direct to textile printing, read the below press release about the acquisition of AnaJet by Ricoh. After its start in 2006 AnaJet has quickly become market leader in this segment. The American company produces the superfast SPRINT and the compact mPower i-series printers for the…
Lees meerConsumer would prefer not to pay for media
Nearly half of consumers (49%) expects not to have to pay for media services in 2025, for traditional media (48%) such as movies, television, music, radio, news and sports from before the internet, as well as new digital media (47%), such as online social media. These are the results of the new research State of…
Lees meerTali Digital purchases first Truepress Jet W3200UV HS in Africa
Supplied by Ipex Machinery, Orlando de Abreu, Owner, Tali Digital, decided to invest in the machine after being impressed by its speed and versatility. ‘The speed is amazing, it prints at 150sqm at sellable speed, which is a major benefit. It’s versatile because we can switch from roll-to-roll to flatbed printing. This machine has replaced…
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