News from our Exhibitors
If the Data is Already There, We Want to (Re)use it Too
The integration of prepress data is also becoming increasingly important in saddle stitching. That's why we recently connected the Primera PRO to Heidelberg's Prinect workflow system in the showroom of the Heidelberg Print Media Center in Wiesloch, Germany. This...
Kornit Digital Opens The Door For Creative New Possibilities In Home Décor Via The Power Of On-Demand, Digital Textile Production
Image By Courtesy of KORNIT DIGITAL Milan Design Week sets the stage for bold, new collaboration with D-house laboratorio urbano April 2023 – Milan, Italy – Kornit Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ: KRNT) (“Kornit”), a worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand digital...
Keypoint Intelligence Acquires Sweden-based ProPrintPerformance
Acquisition enhances service offerings globally in the production print market FAIRFIELD, N.J., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Keypoint Intelligence, a global data and market intelligence firm for the digital print and imaging industry, today announced...
We Have Markedly Accelerated the Hardcover Production Process with the Duo VBA/Vareo PRO
Cyfrowa Foto sp. z o. o. has several Muller Martini finishing systems predestined for digital production in its factory in Zaczernie, near Rzeszów, including a Vareo perfect binder, a Duo VBA/Vareo PRO for hardcover production and a Diamant MC Digital Photobook...
Muller Martini Makes Dürer’s Future More Flexible
Dürer Nyomda Kft and Muller Martini have launched a project to optimize technology in finishing and increase the level of automation. With this step into the future, the Hungarian company aims to secure its productivity and competitiveness. Dürer Nyomda Kft's latest...
Speedmaster CX 104. VJ7 Printing & Packaging Inc., Philippines.
The beginnings VJ7 Printing & Packaging Inc. was founded in 1997 by Enrico Olivares Santos, who named the company after the members of his family – Vicente, Juliet and their 7 children, hence “VJ7”. The company started as the in-house printshop of the private...
High-quality labels securing added-value marketing – hybrid performs at Litograf
Litograf is a label printer with a clear mission: invest in technologies that enable clients to decrease costs, increase quality, and bring innovation to their label production. Completing their hybrid setup with the Xeikon CX300 and the Xeikon PX30000 digital print...
HP’s Large Format business signs up to Printing Expo Online
HP Large Format Printing has opened a booth at Printing Expo Online, as the free virtual exhibition continues to expand. The virtual ‘Print for the Future’ stand features sustainably produced applications Printing Expo was introduced in 2020 in response to the...
Print Digitally and Saddle Stitch with the Prinova Digital
Inkjet printing has seen an additional boost from the corona pandemic. But it is no longer reserved for softcover and hardcover books. Saddle-stitched magazines, brochures and catalogs are also increasingly being printed digitally in the Smart Factory. The Prinova...
Sustainability is all about defossilization and the continuous feed of the Carbon Circle
Sustainability is a word that pops up in a lot of communications, marketing materials, company presentations and is dominant present in a lot of actual goals and targets. We need to take care of the resources of the planet and reduce the amount of CO2 that is pushed...
Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG sponsors the new Sustainability Zone at Printing Expo Online
Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG have not only sponsored the new Sustainability Zone at Printing Expo Online’s virtual exhibition but they have also taken out an impressive exhibition stand featuring a CX104 six colour offset press for the packaging and commercial...
The 2023 digital print mindset shift
Learning from the print business challenges of 2022 The 2023 digital print mindset shift: learning from the print business challenges of 2022 In 2022, we turned to LinkedIn to find out more about the challenges you were facing. From the lack of adequately trained or...
Stanctechnik Kötészeti Kft. Reduces Set-up Times in Hardcover Production
With the installation of the RF 700 spine gluing and backlining machine from Muller Martini, Stanctechnik Kötészeti Kft. from the Hungarian capital of Budapest has raised its hardcover production to a previously unknown level of quality and productivity.The company...
Printing Expo Online are pleased to welcome Ribler to the show
Ribler are displaying the GECKO 200 binding machine at Printing Expo Online, a new semi-automatic machine that can produce up to 200 hardcover books per hour plus another machine which is currently in development that is literally (and virtually) under wraps on the...
New year predictions: David McGuiness, PrintIQ
David McGuiness, UK marketing manager at PrintIQ, says cost control, visibility, and new revenue streams will be high on most people’s agendas in 2023. McGuiness: customers have an ultra-sharp focus on costings right across the board What do you feel were the main...
Trade Press Makes an Impact
Currently, the poor economic conditions are also causing problems for the trade media. However, trade journals will remain important decision-making aids for executives in the future. Particularly in the printing industry, which has been exposed to media change over...
PrintIQ Win ‘Associate of the Year’ at the IPIA Awards
Stratford Upon Avon, UK Event – IPIA Expo – Recognising excellence December 1st brought with it some very cold weather, but inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford upon Avon there was a warmth that can only be generated by the suppliers involved in the ‘Recognising...
Kornit Atlas Max XDI Technology Has Achieved A Leap In Quality And─Above All─In Differentiation Say Creaciones Japy Of Spain
As a great connoisseur of the textile world, Creaciones Japy wanted to go a step beyond sublimation and achieve greater productivity, higher quality and added value that has only been able to come from a solution like The Kornit Atlas Max, with the exclusive XDI...
Printing Expo Online – 2nd Year Anniversary
It’s been 2 years (1st December 2020) since Printing Expo Online opened its virtual doors and they have not been closed since. It’s fair to say that a lot has happened since then. The first thing to mention is that Printing Expo Online has defied many people’s...
Towards a more sustainable planet
We are proud and happy to share with you Kornit’s 2021 Impact Report, showcasing our impact on the planet and on people, through our forward-looking impact strategy and ESG achievements. We remain steadfast in our vision to boldly transform the world of fashion and...
At print company Butz & Bürker, easy interoperability made the case for Keyline
The German printing company Butz & Bürker has opted for Zaikio's Print-MIS Keyline. The result: higher efficiency and improved customer service. In addition to functional benefits including technical openness, efficient costing and operating data collection,...
Cactus Graphics goes B2C with new MIS
Cactus Graphics' new PrintIQ MIS went live this week after several months of development. The investment is intended to open up new revenue streams for the Dover-based printer. Richard Archer: "When we started Cactus we wanted more revenue streams" The new MIS has...
Make Way For New And Enhanced Features In All-In-One Web2Print V 4.2 Our Flagship Web-To-Print Solution
Design’N’Buy’s flagship software, AIOW2P, has just been launched with these enhanced features. The world today is changing at a fast pace, so we strive to keep up with this ever-evolving environment by regularly enhancing our offerings. How has the product been...
A Second Vareo PRO for Sungwon Adpia
By investing in a second Vareo PRO perfect binder from Muller Martini, South Korea's first web-to-print print shop, Sungwon Adpia Co., Ltd. in the capital city of Seoul, is aiming to increase not only productivity but also the quality of its softcover products.Since...
Solopress expands into B1 as part of mega-spend
Solopress has completed a near-£5m investment round with a strategic step up into B1 litho production to increase capacity, with the firm also on track for a record year. Cooper (left) with Bendy and the XL 106 The commercial print and web-to-print specialist has...
Is There Still a Need for a Corporate Blog?
In the age of social media, do we still need corporate blogs at all? Jérôme Chariatte, research associate at the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research at the University of Fribourg, explains what an important contribution they make to balanced...
Printing Expo Online opens second Xeikon showroom
Following the success of their Wall Deco showroom, Xeikon have opened an additional showroom for Graphic Arts, featuring three presses: the SX30000, CX500 and the SX20000 as well as displaying the Xeikon X-800 workflow and the Xeikon Solutions & Services (XSS)....
PrintIQ find the right format in Ireland.
October 11th and 12th 2022, Dublin, Ireland PrintIQ went on the road this week and travelled over to Dublin, Ireland where they were invited to participate in the ‘Format Print’ event hosted by Quadient Graphics. IQ were the only MIS provider at an event that...
Georgia: sun, mountains, sea, wine and… Labitex lacquers!
Georgia is an ancient Transcaucasian state, known for its sunny sea beaches, endless mountains, the hospitality of its inhabitants and some of the best wines. All types of wines are bottled in glass containers. To give identity and marketing differences, for these...
ePac Flexible Packaging Adds 50 New HP Indigo Digital Presses
ePac Flexible Packaging is set to add more HP Indigo digital presses as part of its recently announced plan for rapid expansion across the globe. From left, Steve Powers of HP, Virag Patel of ePac, and HP’s Haim Levit, Jim Runyeon, Noam Zilbershtain and Oran Sokol....
Xeikon appoints Jens Henrik Osmundsen as Head of Sales for IDERA
Xeikon has announced the appointment of Jens Henrik Osmundsen as Head of Corrugated Sales for the EMEA region. Xeikon has announced the appointment of Jens Henrik Osmundsen as Head of Corrugated Sales for the EMEA region, a new role that has been created to help...
eProductivity Software goes live at Printing Expo Online
Following the successful launch of the Software Technology Centre in Zone 2 of Printing Expo Online in June this year, the show organisers are excited to announce that eProductivity Software have now gone live with their virtual exhibition stand in this area....
The Adventure of Book Production
Six Austrian experts from the entire book value chain discussed the current situation and trends in book manufacturing in a round table discussion. We have summarized the most exciting statements from this informative round table discussion for you.The questions were...
Confronting Fashion Industry Water-Use With The Kornit Presto MAX
By Michal Arbel Water is the most valuable resource in the world. We rely on it to sustain life every day, with access to clean drinking water being the most fundamental necessity anywhere. However, valuable water sources are also used for the industry as well, and...
How Brands Can Capitalize on the ‘90s Fashion Trend Resurgence
Social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok (the most downloaded app on the Apple App Store ever) are increasingly playing a vital part in the way consumers discover new fashion trends. Recently, Gen Z users of the video-sharing app TikTok have gone viral,...
Xeikon to introduce TITON new heat-resistant, food-safe dry-toner technology at Labelexpo Americas 2022
Booth will feature UV inkjet and dry-toner technology for label printing applications Xeikon America, Inc., a division of Flint Group and a long-standing leader and innovator in digital printing technology has announced that it will return to Labelexpo...
Making one out of two
To replace an aging Prima S, D+L Printpartner in Bocholt, Germany, which specializes in the production of magazines and operating manuals, invested in a Primera PRO, another saddle stitcher from Muller Martini. Thomas Klein-Bösing had already had his...
New material in assortment SIA Baltink
We present a new uv-curing material Labitex UV 906 MAT GS LM, it is a deep matt material with a tactile velvety effect, as well as with the possibility of subsequent stamping and gluing. This material has been tested by an independent laboratory and has been found to...
PrintIQ acquired by Banyan Software
PrintIQ has been acquired by “strategic development partner” Banyan Software, in a move that it said is focused on R&D investment, business growth, and unlocking more of the potential that has been achieved to date. The deal was completed on 1 August and will see...
UV blacklight label on new craft beer can reveals hidden images
Turner Labels, a US label converter based in Kentucky, recently announced an innovative label collaboration with Mirror Twin Brewing (MTB). With the help of an HP Indigo 6900 digital press, the companies have developed a craft beer can label utilizing blacklight UV...
Zaikio pushes into UK with Tharstern deal
Tharstern has more than 7,000 users of its MIS Connectivity platform Zaikio has announced a new partnership with Tharstern that will allow printers to access a “fully integrated purchasing experience” thanks to the previously-announced linkage with merchant Premier...
EFI Fiery Partners with Ghent Workgroup to Deliver Fast, Easy, PDF/X-4 Print Certification
‘Perfect PDF’ Ghent PDF Output Suite 5.0 Conformance Certification is simple, affordable – and possible with a single click using the latest Fiery DFEs Electronics For Imaging, Inc., has launched a new service that makes it easy for print service providers to achieve...
Kornit plans fashion industry revolution with with digital print
Kornit Digital said it plans to transform the fashion industry’s supply chain and dramatically reduce waste by enabling printers to target local markets. Kornit CEO Ronen Samuel said brands need to take up sustainability or get left behind The proposal would see the...
Our Template Collection Just Got Bigger and Better! Checkout The Latest Templates on designriver.co
Design Templates are a major part of our Web-to-print solution as it helps our customers in providing quick designs to their clients and also get more orders. Right from templates for quick designs to text ideas for content personalization, we provide end-to-end...
Imitation is not Innovation
There is a certain amount of ‘us too’ when establishing a new product or services baseline. If you’re competing in a particular segment, there are certain requirements needed to fulfill customer expectations that a vendor needs to provide to be an industry player....
Xeikon to triple virtual machine demos
Digital printing specialist Xeikon is to triple the number of virtual machine displays as part of its presence at Printing Expo Online, the world’s largest virtual exhibition for the print industry. Introduced as the global coronavirus pandemic started to impact...
A Design’N’Buy Whitepaper for the Online Packaging Market and Their Digital Transformation Challenges
Design’N’Buy is a web-to-print solutions provider with end-to-end digitalization services for the printing and packaging industry. From design process digitalization and automation tools to order management, customer management modules and web development services,...
Change at top for HP Indigo
HP has appointed Haim Levit as its new senior vice president and general manager of its Industrial Print business. Levit will continue working closely with Zilbershtain and HP Indigo In his new role, announced Tuesday earlier this month, Levit will supervise several...
EFI Fiery Acquires Software Company CADlink Technology Corp.
Fiery, the digital front end (DFE) and workflow business of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (“EFI”), announced that it has acquired CADlink Technology Corp., an industry-leading software company that delivers solutions for the high-growth areas of digital...
Collegial disruption for an industry under pressure
Zaikio reduces the complexity every order requires Zaikio is a B2B platform for process optimisation in the print industry. For printers who want to improve their workflows quickly and sustainably, Zaikio develops easy-to-use, connectable apps. Together with...
All4Labels celebrates 25 years of digital printing with HP Indigo
Marking the occasion, All4Labels and HP Indigo have signed off the extension of the Master Global Agreement for five additional years. From left: Oran Sokol, global head of strategic accounts at HP Indigo; Adrian Tippenhauer, CEO at All4Labels; Haim Levit, SVP and GM...
More Efficiency for Production of Gatefold Brochures
The Polish company Drukarnia Normex in Gdansk has brought in reinforcements for the production of gatefolded brochures in the form of the FA 650 front trimming unit from Muller Martini.For the company, the quality of its end products is a top priority. For this...
Xeikon to triple virtual machine demos
Xeikon will use a virtual application journey to show applications for commercial, label and wall deco products that can be produced on its digital print engines Digital printing specialist Xeikon is to triple the number of virtual machine displays as part of its...
Zaikio signs up to Printing Expo Online as event expands
Central to Zaikio's presence is highlighting what the platform can do for printers Connectivity and procurement platform Zaikio has opened a 3D booth at Printing Expo Online as the free virtual exhibition doubles the size of its Zone 2 with a number of new exhibitors....
“Virtual” Experiences
While there has been no sign of "physical" on-site trade shows for months, the event industry is trying to insist on the benefits of online presentations.The corona pandemic that has prevailed since the spring of 2020 has reduced face-to-face human encounters for a...
SunDance moves into flexible packaging with HP Indigo
Added to its existing fleet of HP presses, the new HP Indigo 25K digital press is the cornerstone of the company's newly formed flexible packaging division. 05.17.22Provider of multi-channel print and marketing solutions, SunDance has announced the acquisition of an...
HP Delivers Enhanced Platform Capabilities to Further Accelerate Additive Manufacturing Production at Scale
Advancements to HP Jet Fusion 5200 platform deliver on speed, quality, cost, reliability; provides customers with support on print production challenges through virtual availability and content Summary: HP commitment to platform innovation helps advance and scale...
Heraeus invests for a majority share in leading PET recycler PERPETUAL TECHNOLOGIES – company to be re-named REVALYU RESOURCES for global expansion
HANAU, Germany May 10th, 2022 Target: to recycle 100 million used PET bottles per day by 2026Company to be renamed revalyu Resources GmbH as part of global expansion plansrevalyu to become world’s most advanced PET recycling companyUsed PET bottles are turned...
Xeikon Achieves G7 Master Certification
Xeikon America, Inc. today announced that they have achieved the level of G7 Master Qualification with colorspace compliance. The G7 program is managed by Idealliance, a printing industry trade group. The qualification was earned by demonstrating through production of...
The Alegro increases competitiveness
The Polish company Books, whose printing division operates under the brand name Konińska Drukarnia Dziełowa (KDD), is implementing an investment package in the softcover sector end of 2022. Muller Martini's Alegro perfect binder will help the company achieve the...
Sustainability Reports From HP Indigo Available at Printing Expo Online
It’s been 20 years since HP Inc. released its first sustainability report. Today, our world stands on the precipice of history and we need to act on our responsibilities to the planet now. HP Indigo’s new sustainability impact overview explains how they are embedding...
Digital Notes on Paper
Today, appointment calendars, notebooks and schedulers come in both printed and electronic formats. Meanwhile, modern technologies allow direct multimedia linking of information contained therein. More and more people in society appreciate the advantages of both...
Xeikon brings gold and silver metallic toners to Cheetah press
Xeikon is introducing gold and silver metallic toners for the Cheetah 2.0 Series to unlock value-add potential for brands and a competitive edge for printers and converters, says the company. This new digital foiling evolution is based on Xeikon’s innovation strategy...
Best of British: Thinking inside the box
Avid readers of Printweek’s news pages may recall that in September 2018 the German finishing systems manufacturer Kolbus bought a British boxmaking machinery manufacturer called British Converting Solutions, or BCS. It renamed it Kolbus Autobox UK, harking back to an...
Making a lasting impact with sustainable print – The Noel D’Cunha Sunday Column
In the face of record climate crises, conscious consumers and rising regulations, businesses today need to stand for more than the products they sell. On the occasion of World Earth Day celebrated on 22 April, 2022, Noel D'cunha talks to Haim Levit, SVP and GM,...
EFI launches latest Fiery tech
EFI has rolled out the latest update to its Fiery Command WorkStation, which it said helps customers to improve automation and job management to better handle growing numbers of short-run print jobs. Version 6.7 is available as a free upgrade The manufacturer...
Cutting Edge implements printIQ
A solution we can rely on: Matthew Elliot, managing director, The Cutting Edge In a move that it says will help improve the bottom line and better serve its customers, packaging and point-of-sale operation The Cutting Edge has implemented the printIQ management...
Müller adds delivery options for InfiniTrim
The InfiniTrim suits Book of One production with both soft- and hardcovers The output delivery options for Müller Martini’s InfiniTrim book-trimming robot have been expanded to allow a variety of options for handling soft- and hardcover publications and dealing with...
Titon lets Xeikon open door to flexible packaging
Xeikon has developed a new toner which it says will be suitable for flexible packaging applications on paper without the need for a protective barrier layer or coating. Xeikon has developed a food safe toner that can be used without barrier protection on paper based...
Wograndl Printing Company: Prinova Saddle Stitcher as an Investment in the Future
The Wograndl print shop opted for the saddle stitcher Prinova from Muller Martini because of its attractive price/performance ratio. The Wograndl printing company in Mattersburg, Austria, used the last two years intensively to renew its entire production technology. A...
Inspire employees for innovation, excellence, and sustainability
A successful culture of innovation also includes valuing new ideas. Every year, Heraeus honors employees and teams whose ideas create products, improve processes, or solve critical issues for customers. "Our employees are the engine of innovation and excellence. We...
PRINT MEDIA VALUE CHAIN POSITION PAPER
Print media and the proposed General Product Safety Regulation. The print media value chain represents publishers, printers, paper and envelope manufacturers, direct mail operators and advertisers. We aim at providing European decision makers with an understanding of...
Print Estimating: Resisting the Race to the Bottom
Estimating is at the heart of your print business. To be able to fulfill each job to the customer’s satisfaction and to do it profitably is the cornerstone of your business, yet the print estimating or quoting process often remains a struggle. Margins are notoriously...
Allied Printing Expands Digital Services with HP Indigo 12000 HD Press and 15K Value Pack
Allied Printing, a provider of integrated direct mail services, has acquired a new HP Indigo 12000 HD Digital Press, including 15K value pack capabilities, to expand its production capacity and product range. Installed at Allied’s headquarters in greater Detroit,...
New generation Xeikon Label Converting Units support scalability & flexibility
Xeikon continues on its pathway to full digitalization with the launch of its new Xeikon LCU series (Label Converting Units), specifically developed and designed for the converting industries in high-end label production and manufacturing. Moving to the next...
Rodona Doubled its Digital Capacity
Nine years after commissioning a SigmaLine, Rodona in Pamplona installed the SigmaLine III, the second digital book block system from Muller Martini – underpinning its leading position in the Spanish digital market. "Spain tends to still be an offset...
Print Mailings are Very Popular
Printed advertising letters and flyers are increasingly being found in mailboxes. Print mailings have recently seen a slight increase again.What are the advantages of integrating a print mailing into a direct marketing campaign? What is meant by a web-to-print...
Flint Group Secures EcoVadis Silver Rating across its global footprint
Flint Group, including all business units within its Packaging and its Commercial Publication & Web divisions, has achieved a Silver status from EcoVadis, the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings with a global network of...
Dscoop Young Talent Group Is Growing
As of February 1, 2022, more than 30 people have already joined Dscoop's new Young Talent group on LinkedIn, a place where emerging leaders can share conversations and make industry connections. If this group might benefit you or someone else you know, click on the...
Bolger Expands Digital Printing with New HP Indigo 100K
From left to right: Adam Gertz, president; Erik Norman, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Bob O’Neil, Operations Manager, dik Bolger, CEO, Jon Beck, Digital Print Manager Bolger Printing, a provider of commercial printing services in the US, has invested in...
PrintIQ bids to bring breath of fresh air to MIS
The supplier has come to the UK to build on success in Australia and the US with an approach that is based on the cloud, APIs and rapid development. When is an MIS not a Management Information System? When it is a Management Workflow System. Just what this looks like...
How to create your own branded metaverse environment on the Printing Expo platform
If as a marketeer you’ve been hearing a lot about the metaverse and wondered how you can become involved or how to make use of this in your marketing portfolio, the team at Printing Expo can assist you to generate your own metaverse digital marketing asset on our...
Young Generation Loves Printed Magazines
The foundations for daily media use are laid at an early age. Among 4- to 13-year-olds, linear television and print products are the most popular.These are the findings of the «Kinder Medien Monitor» 2021. By means of the study, five publishers – Egmont Ehapa Media,...
HP Indigo doubles their presence at Printing Expo Online
Printing Expo Online are pleased to announce that HP Indigo have more than doubled their stand space at the show with the introduction of a new HP Indigo General Commercial Print Showroom. The new HP Indigo General Commercial Print Showroom features the HP Indigo 7K,...
Looking to a sustainable future for the label industry
Sustainability has moved from a marketing buzzword to an essential part of every company’s business strategy, as the world turns its focus to saving the planet from climate disaster. environmental impact In every aspect of modern life, consumers are demanding to know...
Meet Danny Sullivan, CEO of POSITIVE+
Being able to adapt and change according to customer requirements is core to running a successful print business – we spoke with Danny Sullivan, CEO of POSITIVE+, to better understand how they coped during the pandemic and what growth plans they have in place. Tell me...
The Ventura MC 200 Increases the Cycle Rate in Thread Sewing
The new Ventura MC 200 book sewing machine enables Central Dabasi Nyomda to significantly increase productivity. Hungarian printer Central Dabasi Nyomda Zrt. in Dabas is further expanding its capacity in book sewing with a Ventura MC 200 from Muller Martini.With the...
New year predictions: Charles Jarrold, BPIF
As CEO of the industry's trade body, it shouldn't come as a surprise that positivity is his watchword for the year ahead. Jarrold: flexi-working is here to stay What positives are you able to draw on from the experiences of 2021?We all emerged from the pandemic (well,...
ePac installing two HP Indigo 25K presses
The new ePac digital flexible packaging plant in Melbourne is seeing two HP Indigo 25K digital flexible printing systems go in, with installation by Currie Group. Taking two: New ePac flexible packaging plant in Melbourne has a pair of HP Indigo 25K digital...
HP Indigo Accelerates Industry 4.0 Solutions Across Industry Segments and Digital Product Portfolio
Innovation in automation solutions is driving growth at HP Indigo customers worldwide News highlights HP Indigo is driving digital transformation and industry 4.0 innovation to help print service providers capture significant growth in jobs submitted through ecommerce...
Xitron Partner Printware Installs 1,000th Navigator Digital Front End
DFE Drives Printware’s iJetColor™ Classic, NXT, Pro, and Pro 1175 Envelope Presses Ann Arbor, MI, USA June 22, 2021 – Xitron, a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC and the developer of the Harlequin-based Navigator RIP and workflow products for commercial, flexo,...
THE VALUE OF DIGITAL EMBELLISHMENT FOR LABELS & PACKAGING
ADDING VALUE TO LABELS & PACKAGING The official dictionary meaning of ‘to embellish’ is ‘to make something more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features’. DIGITAL INNOVATOR Brand owners looking to use embellishments to add value to labels and...
Electric reckoning – the facts & figures
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles have been steadily rising year-on-year. In this review we take a closer look at some of the underlying figures that make up the Electric Vehicle (EV) market in the UK and Europe. Europe Despite significant market disruption caused by...
Hybrid Software Group acquires ColorLogic GmbH
Thorsten Braun and Barbara Braun-Metz Cambridge (UK), 28 October 2021 (17:45 CEST): Hybrid Software Group PLC (Euronext: HYSG) (the “Company”) announces that on 27 October 2021 it acquired the entire issued share capital of ColorLogic GmbH (“ColorLogic”), a...
Webinar: Discover How To Print, Laminate and Convert Digital Stand-Up Pouches
Stand-up Pouches - Same Day turnaround! Please join us & Sun Center USA, Inc. on the Packaging Impressions webinar on December 14th, 2021. Free educational webinar Learn how key industry leaders are delivering digital stand-up pouch/flexible packaging solutions...
How a Bookline Upgrade Significantly Increased Productivity
Because the volume of hardcover orders increased significantly, TNM Print in Chlumec nad Cidlinou in the Czech Republic invested in a Ribbon inserting machine and a BLSD book stacker for its Diamant MC 35 bookline, which went into operation seven years...
Collectors’ Passion for Print
Let no one say that print is not worth anything. Even today, rare stamps fetch top prices, and limited edition books are an attractive investment. I went on a search to find out what printed matter is collected. Not everything, but a great deal. My grandfather was an...
Productivity Doubled with the New RF 700
With a new RF 700 backgluing and backlining machine, D.R.J. Tiskárna Resl s.r.o. in Náchod in the Czech Republic not only relieves the Alegro perfect binder, which was previously also used as a gluing machine, but also significantly increased profitability. Diamant MC...
PERSWALL HERALDS A WALLPAPER RENAISSANCE WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A XEIKON CX500
WALLPAPER RENAISSANCE JUL 02, 2021 Perswall, part of the Embellence Group and a pioneer in digital wallpaper construction, is leading a wallpaper renaissance supported by the installation in 2020 of a Xeikon CX500 dry toner digital colour press. DIGITALLY PRINTED...
HP and WWF Announce Bold Partnership Expansion to Conserve and Restore Forests
News highlights: Announces WWF’s largest U.S. corporate partnership to-datePledges $80 million2 to expand its partnership with WWF to address the impacts on forest from printing¹ with HP printersPartners to restore, protect or improve the management of nearly 1...
Recruit New Workers – Thanks to Intuitive User Interfaces and Barcode Workflows from Muller Martini
Legacy bindery equipment requires machine operators with deep mechanical and bookbinding knowledge. These must be combined with job-specific information to achieve high production speeds in the first place. Employees with these skills are hard to find in today's job...
Clays installs first Heidelberg press from Exel Printing Machinery
Clays of Bungay UK, specialists in producing monochrome paperbacks and hardback books, have taken delivery of their first Heidelberg XL-106-5-LX supplied by Exel Printing Machinery. Predominantly an all Komori house, this machine is not only their first Heidelberg,...
Push what is possible when it comes to packaging
With innovative digital printing abilities, label and packaging converters are set to fundamentally change how this industry looks at digital packaging as a brand innovation touchpoint Brands big and small are beginning to wake up to the power of digitally printed...
Kopa Defuses Neuralgic Point in Production
The new gathering machine 3692 ensures greater production reliability and an increase in quality at Kopa. The Lithuanian printing company Kopa is investing in a 3692 gathering machine from Muller Martini and expects a major boost in productivity and quality as a...
Hybrid Software Group celebrates name change with the Euronext bell ceremony
Chairman Guido Van der Schueren rings the bell to open trading on the Euronext exchange in Brussels Cambridge UK, 20 October 2021: Hybrid Software Group PLC (Euronext: HYSG) celebrates its change of name and corporate identity today by ringing the bell to open trading...
Xeikon continues on pathway to full digitization of print manufacturing
Xeikon takes another strategic step forward with the announcement of new areas of innovation. The Xeikon vision has always been to offer printers and converters a clear and viable pathway to digital transformation. With its comprehensive portfolio and raft of new and...
Global Graphics scoops Pinnacle InterTech Award
Global Graphics has now won three times in four years Global Graphics Software has scooped a 2021 Pinnacle InterTech Award for its Direct software. This is the third time in four years that the company has been recognised at the awards, which are organised by the...
Matti launches inkjet test platform
The Matti Inkjet Test Platform can be used to test printheads, dryers, inks, substrates, print quality, and to produce customer samples or for proofing print applications prior to production printing Matti Technology has introduced Inkjet Test Platform, a system...
Labelisten brings digital pouches to Germany
German print service provider Labelisten has expanded its range of services and invested in an HP Indigo 25K Digital Pouch Factory at its headquarters in Pfaffenreuth. Founded in 2003 and based in Marktredwitz, Germany, Labelisten is a digital label printing company...
Flint to focus further on digital
Flint Group is to strategically focus and invest further in its packaging inks and digital printing businesses, following the sale of its XSYS division to a private equity firm. XSYS has been sold to an affiliate of global private equity firm Lone Star Funds. This...
Meteor on growth trajectory
Global Graphics chairman Guido van der Schueren (left) and CEO Mike Rottenborn (middle) cut the ribbon to open Meteor Inkjet's expanded premises on 2 September, 2021 Meteor Inkjet has expanded its facilities in order to meet growing demand for its products and...
Xaar and Meteor Inkjet partner with Dyndrite on integrated industrial inkjet solutions for binderjet additive manufacturing
Delivers integrated, optimized 3D CAD-to-inkjet printhead development environment empowering OEMs to quickly invent new, more innovative raster inkjet machinesSimplifies the machine development process by providing easy-to-implement system elements that are optimized...
We Cannot Close Ourselves off to the Digital Transformation
Since last November, Muller Martini has been a Premium Partner at the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition, the graphic arts industry's first 24-hour virtual exhibition, with its own online showroom. "For me, the showroom is another excellent tool to use in contact with...
Will print go back to business as usual?
Covid restrictions may have been eased but many of the changes of the past 18 months will be retained longer term. On 19 July, on what had been dubbed ‘Freedom Day’, most legal Covid restrictions were lifted in England, and many measures have since also been loosened...
Livonia Print: Two New Backups for Peak Times
Livonia Print: Two New Backups for Peak Times Just a few weeks after moving into its new production facility (which you can see in this video) in the Latvian capital of Riga, Livonia Print, which specializes in book production for publishing customers...
Four-part Blog Series: Four Steps to the Smart Factory – Example 2: the Production Cell Manager
In the first blog of our four-part series on the topic of "Smart Factory" on 15 June 2021, I introduced you to a Muller Martini customer that has large-scale plants for (partially individualized) and fully networked volume production and fully integrates the...
Close Brothers Asset Finance funds state-of-the-art flexographic printing press
Close Brothers Asset Finance has funded a state-of-the art Evo XD8 flexographic printing press and finishing equipment for D&M Packaging in a CBILS (Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme) Hire Purchase agreement worth over £1m. Mark Peplinski, Co- Founder...
Regional OEM Viewpoints on Inkjet Sales Strategy
By Jean Lloyd / Published: July 14, 2021 Inkjet printing is a major disruptor, not simply because it competes with a number of other forms of printing, but because none of the old, accepted norms apply to inkjet. Inkjet is fast, it is adaptive, it is variable, but the...
Neil Davies talks through the challenges posed by the pandemic
Neil Davies, Commercial CEO, talks through the challenges posed by the pandemic, the role of data and what has impressed him over the past year… What stood out for you in 2020? By any standards, it was an incredibly tough year, but there have also been some...
HP PageWide Industrial raises the bar with the Harlequin RIP®
HP PageWide Industrial raises the bar with the Harlequin RIP®: a global leader in the manufacture of inkjet presses, HP constantly pushes the boundaries and sets new standards to offer its customers the highest level of quality and performance, and the Harlequin RIP...
The Advantage of Being Customer #1
By: Elizabeth Gooding, President at Inkjet Insight The pace of inkjet R & D has accelerated over the past few years with new technology conquering more substrates, entering new markets and driving quality to new heights. For each of these releases there is a first...
Using the Mako Core SDK to modify documents in Microsoft’s Universal Print
Over the past year, Microsoft has been working hard to bring its new Cloud printing service, Universal Print, to general availability. As a part of Universal Print, developers get access to a set of Graph APIs that allows analysis and modification of print job...
How to Turn Your Analogue Printing Plant Into a Digital One
Many of our customers today are faced with the task of making their conventionally run businesses fit for the digital world. As a workflow specialist, I have gained experience in many exciting projects. Using an example, I'll explain to you in this blog how digital...
Testimonial from HP Indigo
The virtual world of events is without doubt suffering from digital fatigue. When the world shuts down and the only shop window becomes a PC monitor, it is inevitable that genuine focus is going to wane. In most cases virtual events have been our saviour, they have...
Xeikon adds brand new CX50 press to its Wall Decoration Suite
ECO-FRIENDLY, COST-EFFECTIVE The Xeikon Wall Deco Suite is an all-in-one streamlined solution including inline finishing – all developed to cost effectively produce creative wall decorations including custom illustrations and photomurals in short runs. Meeting today’s...
Treat Your Best and Most Experienced Operators to Müller Martini’s MM Improve Training
Your equipment operators can make all the difference to your business, its overall performance, safety, and efficiency. Supporting and developing your operators at every skill level is therefore essential to increasing the productivity achieved throughout the...
Muller Martini expands Printing Expo showroom ready for Virtual.drupa
Muller Martini has introduced five new machines and is set to showcase them at Printing Expo ready for Virtual.drupa. The company has designed a large 2 storey showroom to accommodate its state-of-the-art equipment plus a hospitality suite where visitors can discover...
Decorate the walls: Digitally Printed Wallpaper
Technavio, a global technology research and advisory company, published a report in July 2019 stating that the global digitally printed wallpaper market is expected to post a compound annual growth rate of over 20 percent during the period from 2019 to 2023. TECHNAVIO...
Meteor adds support for Epson I3200 PrecisionCore printheads
Meteor Inkjet Ltd, leading supplier of electronics, software, tools and services for industrial inkjet, further expands its product portfolio with the introduction of a set of products for Epson’s I3200 range of PrecisionCore...
Close Brothers Asset Finance funds cutting-edge printing press for Richline Graphics
Close Brothers Asset Finance has funded a cutting edge XL75-5+L Heidelberg press for long-standing customer, Richline Graphics, under the CBILS (Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme) scheme. Established in 1993, Richline Graphics is a...
We’re transferring the digital world into a print form
"Video Killed The Radio Star", sang The Buggles in 1980 – but radio is still popular four decades later. "Digital brings print under pressure," is the lament in many quarters of the graphic arts industry – but this is not invariably the case. A typical example of how...
The world’s first Prinova, so that Rapidocolor Printing does not go checkmate..
After the world's first start-up of a new Prinova saddle stitcher from Muller Martini coming February, Rapidocolor Printing in Bucharest aims to become the Romanian market leader for technical manuals" Saddle stitching is our main business and our most important...
Self-isolation and COVID-19 create rise in absenteeism
42% of companies have staff who had to self-isolate during the pandemic27% have staff who tested positive for COVID-1918% of SME company bosses have tested positive for COVID-19 The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK’s SMEs is becoming clear as Close...
How to Get to Rid of the Spine Build up
Is the spine build up of the book blocks that occurs during thread sewing also a thorn in your side? We can now remedy this well-known problem. The new VFN 700 spine nipping press from Muller Martini presses each bookblock in the spine area, thereby significantly...
The Year of the Decision
At the end of the year, the Future Report of the Frankfurt Future Institute is one of my must-reads. The experts around Matthias Horx see 2021 as "the year of decision" in which a new (dis)order is supposed to emerge. The Corona crisis will most certainly go down in...
Global Graphics to acquire Hybrid Software
Global Graphics is set to acquire Hybrid Software Group from Congra Software. Rottenborn: "It brings us a global network of trained technical people" The Cambridge-based software developer has entered into a binding conditional agreement with Luxembourg-based holdings...
Shutterfly in record HP Indigo deal
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Print Week, you can read the original article first published here. Richard Stuart-Turner US personalised products retailer Shutterfly has invested in more than 60 new HP Indigo digital presses – the largest single...
Publica PRO – A Good Perfect Binder Gets Even Better
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Muller Martini, you can read the original article first published here. Even though softcover products are no longer printed in runs of hundreds of thousands, even millions of copies as they were a decade ago,...
Exel supply Wilmot-Budgen with a Heidelberg CX 102
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Exel Printing Machinery, you can read the original article first published here. Back in February this year, prior to lockdown, Peter Burford, Steve Williams and Richard Budgen from Wilmot-Budgen travelled with Ian...
Funding a new Komori GL29 press for RAP Spiderweb utilising CBILS
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Close Brothers Asset Finance, you can read the original article first published here. Close Brothers Asset Finance has funded the purchase of a new Komori GL29 press for RAP Spiderweb - one of Greater Manchester's...
Printing Expo goes global
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Digital Labels & Packaging, you can read the original article first published here. Printing Expo, the virtual print industry exhibition, is welcoming 1000 visitors a day to its online show floor, with attendees from...
Mimaki creates new, improved RIP “Rasterlink™7” with Harlequin
Information supplied by Global Graphics - visit their stand at Printing Expo. Cambridge, UK, 4 November, 2020: Global Graphics® Software has licensed the Harlequin RIP to Mimaki Engineering, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and...
Printing Expo virtual Exhibition goes live
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Indian Printer and Publisher, you can read the original article first published here. Virtual event to be available 365 days a year Resolve Business Management (RBM), organisers of the Printing Expo virtual Exhibition...
Muller Martini to highlight its latest technology at the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition November 30
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Graphic Arts Magazine, you can read the original article first published here. Global print finishing and binding OEM Muller Martini will be represented at The Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition as a Premium Partner with a...
Printing Expo opens virtual doors
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Print Week, you can read the original article first published here. Online exhibition Printing Expo has gone live with its first tranche of exhibitors. The event, billed as “the world’s most interactive online print...
Printing Expo opens its virtual doors
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Print Business Magazine, you can read the original article first published here. The latest attempt to engage printers with online presentations and shows begins today as the online printing exhibition gets underwas at...
Global Graphics participate in first Printing Expo online
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Large Format Review, you can read the original article first published here. Global Graphics companies, Meteor Inkjet, Xitron and Global Graphics Software, are among the first wave of exhibitors at Printing Expo online,...
Global Graphics Software launches new virtual stand
Global Graphics Software have launched their new virtual stand at the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition, the world’s most realistic online print show! Global Graphics Software is a leading developer of platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®, a key...
Xitron launches new virtual stand
Xitron have launched their new virtual stand at the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition, the world’s most realistic online print show! Xitron is a member of the Global Graphics group of companies that develops flexible workflow systems and interfaces to drive the...
Meteor launches new virtual stand
Meteor have launched their new virtual stand at the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition, the world’s most realistic online print show! Meteor, a proud member of the Global Graphics group of companies, develops and supplies electronics and software to drive industrial...
Digital Pouch Factory to open at Printing Expo
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Whitmar Publications, you can read the original article first published here in the March/April issue of Digital Labels & Packaging HP will be demonstrating its digital pouch manufacturing capabilities through a...
Visit the Virtual Muller Martini Showroom Without Having to Travel!
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Muller Martini, you can read the original article here on Muller Martini. Muller Martini will be represented as a Premium Partner with a virtual showroom at the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition, the first virtual...
Virtually guaranteed success?
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Image Reports, you can read the original article here on Image Reports. In June the Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition opened up online. So, with travel restrictions still a key consideration, is this the way of the future...
Matbaa & Teknik August
Pandemi süreci ile aslında çok uzun yıllardır bildiğimiz ama aklımızın raflarına kaldırdığımız sanal fuar konusu gündeme geldi. Teknoloji üreticileri bu yolu kullandılar ve müstakil fuarlarını yaptılar. Bu etkinlikler bir webinar ya da online tanıtımı aşan fuara...
Muller signs up for virtual expo
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Print Week, you can read the original article here on Print Week. Online trade show Printing Expo has signed up Muller Martini as a Premier Partner, with a huge virtual showroom in the works. Printing Expo was launched...
Printing Expo Online names first exhibitor as Printing United goes virtual too
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Digital Printer, you can read the original article here on Digital Prrinter. Following the trend towards in-person events being replaced by online alternatives, Printing Expo Online has revealed that Müller Martini will...
My Digital Journey: RBM
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Digital Labels & Packaging, you can read the original article here on Digital Labels & Packaging. Wayne Beckett is joint managing director at Resolve Business Management (RBM), and event sales director for...
Printing Expo launches as a fully virtual exhibition
This text is reproduced with kind permission of Sign Media, you can read the original article here on Sign Media. Resolve Business Management (RBM) recently announced the launch of Printing Expo—the world’s first virtual exhibition and conference facility for the...
Virtual events aim to plug ‘real’ gap
Two virtual print industry events, both led by seasoned print expo pros, are aiming to partially plug the gap left by the rescheduling of Drupa, Fespa and a number of industry conferences. Global PrintExpo is the brainchild of Wayne Beckett and Chris Watson, joint...
Анонсирована Printing Expo – первая в мире виртуальная полиграфическая выставка
Компания Resolve Business Management объявила о запуске Printing Expo – первой в мире полностью вирутальной выставки и конференции для полиграфической индустрии. Разрабатывая креативную концепцию мероприятия, его директора – Уэйн Беккет (Wayne Beckett) и Крис Ватсон...
Printing Expo launches as a fully virtual exhibition
Resolve Business Management has today announced the launch of Printing Expo - the world’s first Virtual Exhibition and conference facility for the printing industry. In developing this creative and innovative concept, Show Directors Wayne Beckett and Chris Watson of...
Virtual print expo goes live in June
Resolve Business Management (RBM) has launched the world’s first virtual exhibition and conference for the printing industry, which will come online in June. Printing Expo is claimed to work in the same way as a live exhibition, with ‘attendees’ able to ‘walk’ the...
Printing Expo launches fully virtual exhibition
Resolve Business Management (RBM) has launched Printing Expo, which it is calling ‘the world’s first virtual exhibition and conference for the printing industry.’ The event, set to open in June 2020, will work in the same way that a live exhibition does, except that...
Click right up for the newest print show on Earth
With all physical events closed for the foreseeable future, RBM believes there is room for a virtual print exhibition. A new print exhibition will open in June if all goes well. The 10,000m2 show is not located in Dusseldorf, or Birmingham nor any other location...
Printing Expo launches as a fully virtual exhibition
Resolve Business Management (RBM) is excited to announce the launch of Printing Expo - the world’s first Virtual Exhibition and conference for the printing industry. The Printing Expo Virtual Exhibition will work in the same way that a live exhibition does, except...
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