The Hague Tech collaboration with The Vault in San Francisco

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/10/2017

Tech community The Hague Tech has signed a collaboration agreement with The Vault,  tech community in San Francisco. The parties are committing to aim to share three promising start-ups with international ambitions in 2018. “With this collaboration we want to connect the networks in both cities”, says Brian Gharibaan, co-founder of The Hague Tech. “Our…

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Konica Minolta unveils AccurioLabel 190 press

Door Rob van den Braak | 11/10/2017

Konica Minolta unveiled its AccurioLabel 190 full-digital toner press for Europe, which has been developed and manufactured in cooperation with Danish company Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM).  And not even a week after Labelexpo, the production of GM winders is approaching its capacity and Konica Minolta is actively looking into scaling up. Konica Minolta’s AccurioLabel 190 will…

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Washable adhesive labels for beer bottles

Door Arthur Lubbers | 10/10/2017

Anyone who thinks that a small family run print shops cannot innovate, has another think coming. Label´Or printers has developed washable adhesive label, after two years of research. These labels are custom-made for the bottles of abbey ale brewery Val-Dieu. Normally (larger) quantities of beer labels are so-called wet glue labels. Wet glue labels use…

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Print it yourself – cheaper and faster

Door Marco den Engelsman | 09/10/2017

The Promocompany, based in Ede, The Netherlands is a wholesale business that sports a 25-year reputation as a key player in promotional items. The business recently decided to insource printing and selected two Mimaki printers. Read the PRstory we made for Mimaki here.

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Will Google conquer the world with its hardware?

Door Rob van den Braak | 06/10/2017

Google introduced a flood of hardware products this week. From laptops to headphones and from mobile phones to voice activated loud speakers were presented in London. This seems to suggest that the software giant wants to conquer the world with hardware. But it´s quite the opposite. AI and ML are what it´s all about. With…

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Control Media installs Micron Media´s Cron platesetter

Door Rob van den Braak | 05/10/2017

Control Media recently purchased a new Cron platesetter. “It is now being used in our premises in Wildert (Belgium), but will move with us to Etten-Leur (the Netherlands) to our new premises, a 9,000m2 production plant”, says director Leon van Nunen. “The new platesetter means an increase from two to three platesetters. The number of…

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Laurel Brunners Blog: a green card for textile printing

Door Rob van den Braak | 05/10/2017

In Laurel´s Verdrigris blog this week good news for digital textile printers who are concerned about the recyclability of their products. If printers use inks with an Underwriters Laboratories Greenguard they are assured of the fact that their textiles comply with strict environmental rules. Read more about the UL Greenguard and suppliers in Laruel´s blog…

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New Products and Launches Exclusively at IPEX

Door Rob van den Braak | 30/09/2017

New exhibitors to confirm for IPEX 2017 this week include BFS Pressroom Solutions, Benford, Care Graphic Machinery, ERAPA, Exel Printing Machinery, Grafitec, IML Machinery, Ricoh, Uchida and Warren Services. Apex Digital Graphics will launch the RMGT Ryobi 928P, 8 colour press. Joining Apex will be Konica Minolta and their new AccurioPress C6100. Friedheim International, Intelligent Finishing…

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When computers design with AI and ML

Door Rob van den Braak | 29/09/2017

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are spreading their wings to creative tasks, according to an article by Jason Tselentis. In his Backchannel article on WIRED he predicts that computers will soon be designing websites and print according to information from clients. Complete designs, or to save a lot of time for professional designers. An example…

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Toray introduces new generation waterless plates at Labelexpo

Door Rob van den Braak | 26/09/2017

With the Imprima LA and the Imprima LB plates for waterless offset Toray introduces the new generation plates which are only suitable for higher quantities and finer screens. The new plates with new chemistry and processors are being shown for the first time during Labelexpo. Read more about Imprima in the press release below.  …

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Solar powered advertisement

Door Rob van den Braak | 25/09/2017

Shikun & Binui is an Israeli company in construction, infrastructure and real estate. This company claims always to offer sustainable solutions, under the name of Shikun & Binui Solaria and other companies. According to the marketing motto “show, don´t tell” the company has commissioned a unique print advertisement. The advertisement is solar powered. When the…

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