Inca acknowledges wide-format innovation
Inca, which celebrated its tenth birthday at Fespa 2010, announced the winners of its first Inca Digital Excellence Awards (IDEAs) during the show. "We were delighted by the number and quality of entries that showed the considerable potential for digital print," said Dr Linda Bell, CEO, Inca Digital. "The sheer range of applications shows the ingenuity and creativity of our customers." The gongs went to.
POS/POP Graphics
Daelprinting, Belgium: for the design and production of a 3D cargo bike for Kraft Foods. This comprised 50 pieces of Re-Board that could be easily transported in a car booth, constructed without screws or tools, and re-used many times. Printed on an Inca Onset S20.
Display Graphics
Mills Styrox, Australia: for its own trade show booth promoting its eco-friendly products and versatility of Xanita board. The whole booth, including tables, chairs and 3D layered graphics, were printed on an Inca Columbia.
Product decoration/speciality products
Visual Marking Systems, USA: for printing Crossbows with a camouflage decoration and instructions on an Inca Spyder 320+w. The challenge was to print quality graphics on flat and curved surfaces that could withstand extreme bending.
Off the wall
America Digitaal Druk, The Netherlands: for a stunning Tropical Forest lenticular wall that comes to life when you walk past it printed on a Inca Eagle 44 (one of the first in Europe) for Emma's Children's Hospital in Amsterdam. This featured 18 two-part lenticular panels mounted onto Dibond.