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Screen brings high-speed wide format printing to France
In response to significant interest in its range of Truepress Jet wide format UV inkjet printers across France, SCREEN is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jean-Philippe Martinez as Wide Format Business Development Manager to head up its sales operations across the country. “SCREEN has built a fantastic reputation for its technology and has…
Lees meerHeidelberg buys Tetterode, Plantin and other European dealers in the PSG Group
We have heard rumours for at least 10 years, but printing giant Heidelberg has now bought its top distributors from investor CoBe Capital. The price they had to pay for it has not been made public, but Heidelberg expects that this takeover will increase its turnover in supplies and services by 130 million Euros a…
Lees meerHP the biggest on Drupa
Changing of the guards, the biggest stand on Drupa 2016 will not be Heidelberg, but HP. Heidelberg and its partners are expected to traditionally occupy Hall 1, but HP demands Hall 17 which is 8300 m3 big. The digital press HP Indigo is competing with the Heidelberg offset presses. HP is also expected to announce…
Lees meerThomas Knoll: I never imagined that my digital darkroom would turn into a product such as Photoshop
19 February marked the 25th anniversary of Adobe´s Photoshop which turned the imaging world upside down. From that moment on high investment in tools as sold by Scitex and Crossfield were no longer necessary. With an Apple Macintosh any creative designer who wasn´t scared of the steep learning curve could use Photoshop to create the…
Lees meerHunkeler Innovation Days: the future of printing is digital, automation and inline finishing
The Hunkeler Innovation Days in the last week of February was ruthless in showing the future of printing. Digital printing technology, complete workflow automation from proposal to despatch and inline finishing. Regardless of whether it´s direct mail, inserts, brochures, newspapers, magazines or any other printing, the well visited innovation days showed that this is the…
Lees meerCourts are not able to remove Google link
KPMG partner Ewald van Hamersveld lost the court case against Google. He wanted Google to remove several links to articles about a dispute he had with a builder by appealing to his right to be forgotten. Van Hamersveld has had a house built in Naarden. From the beginning in September 2011 until completion in August…
Lees meerA growing share in sign market for Multicopy
The Multicopy Eindhoven location has seen a growing interest from customers in sign products. The campaign “Make it Big with Multicopy” has made sure that apart from the normal printing services customers are now also getting their wide format campaigns produced by “The Communication Company”. The Eindhoven location produces these sign products with the Roland…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Processless plates unstoppable
The use of processless plates that do not need chemical processing continues to rise. In her Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner writes about the for our industry positive developments and about how the major three, Agfa, Kodak and Fujifilm intend to make 2015 the year of the processless plate.
Lees meerDrukkerij Hensen takes first Starfoil CF110
Dutch printer Hensen installed the newest Starfoil CF110 on one of its offset presses. This will allow the Oirschot based printer to apply gloss offset foil in a fast and simple manner. The economically priced CF110 was developed by Starfoil for printers who do not have daily foil orders, but want to be able to…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Processless plates unstoppable
2014 was a watershed year for computer-to-plate (CtP) production: processless platesetting shifted up a gear, with all three major manufacturers making substantial headway in the market. Processless plates make economic and environmental sense, because you simply image the plate and mount it on press. Simple. There are no chemical disposal costs or waste water to…
Lees meerCanon takes over Swedish Axis Communications
Nearly 2,5 billion Euros is what Canon paid for Axis which, according to Axis, is market leader in the field of network video technology and is mainly known for security cameras and video surveillance. It is the biggest takeover ever for the Japanese printer and camera manufacturer. Axis was established in 1984 in Lund, Sweden.…
Lees meerMeet Mr PrintPakt: Alex Kunst
Journalist Alex Kunst is the new face of PrintPakt. Previously editor in chief of Graficus, Publish and PrintMatters will be making the case for printing. Target audience are entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, buyers and publishers. PrintPakt is an initiative of the Dutch trade organisation KVGO and promotes printing as an important part of the media mix.…
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