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Supporting the wide-format digital print sector
Four Pees, which will launch PrintFactory Go at Fespa Digital, has said the new workflow package will feature a direct link with the Zünd Cut Center solution. This solution signifies the end to complex print-and-cut workflows.
Pyramid Visuals was given just three days to manufacture and install a 9m x 6m mesh banner across the front of the Lisson Gallery in London to highlight the plight of artist Ai Wei Wei, an artist whose works were being shown at the gallery when he was detained by the Chinese Government without public reason, or with contact with his lawyers.
Zünd will unveil new board handling system at Fespa Digital where the fully automated feeding, cutting and stacking of boards up to 2 x 3m will occupy a large part of Zünd’s162m2 stand.
Sun Chemical is launching two new digital inkjet ranges at Fespa Digital. Streamline Zero is a water-based range which is said to have excellent adhesion to a very wide range of media, including Tyvek, canvas, tissue, polyolefin’s etc. Streamline Duo is the first in the Streamline family of solvent-based digital inkjet inks to be developed for use in superwide printers using Xaar and Spectra printheads.
A lower-cost M-Press will get its official launch at Fespa Digital next week. The M-Press Leopard has been developed for display producers wanting the M-Press versatility but at a considerably lower investment point. The result is a machine with more manual handling.
Members of Fespa’s national associations are being offered promotional offers on various EskoArtwork products. The first of these is a free trial and 25% discount on EskoArtwork’s i-cut preflight software package until the end of July 2011.
British UV-curing systems developer Integration Technology (ITL) has entered into a strategic alliance with Germany's IST Metz of Nürtingen near Stuttgart, a worldwide market leader in UV technology and supplier of high-quality UV systems for a variety of applications.
The long standing Awarding Organisation (AO) is the first to offer new QCF NVQ qualifications tailored to the print industry.
Mike Spurr has become project development manager for the Sign and Display Division at Robert Horne. With 17 years of experience with the company, he will spearhead the company’s involvement in supplying sign and display materials for the 2012 London Olympics. In addition he will take ownership of the UK outdoor advertising market as well as offering support on projects for both the retail and public sector businesses.
Four Pees and GMG will use Fespa Digital to launch PrintFactory GMG Edition, an integrated solution combining PrintFactory (distributed by Four Pees) and the GMG colour management solutions GMG ColorServer and GMG SmartProfiler.
Online print provider Pixartprinting has invested 8m Euro in new printing capacity, including two additional HP latex printers (which brings the number up to six). Though the company’s recent marketing focus has been on offset production, the promotional campaign has also spurned new demand for large-format banners, prompting the purchase of the latest two latex machines.
The printing industry was in better shape than envisaged during the first quarter of this year but there are signs that market may be slowing, according to the BPIF’s latest Printing Outlook Survey that covers the three months ending 31 March.
At Fespa Digital Mimaki will work with media suppliers Avery Dennison and Mactac to highlight eco-friendly printing possibilities via its UJV-160 and CJV30 series.
Nazdar will exhibit two new water-based inks at Fespa Digital.