Annual printing ink sales are down 18% and the outlook remains very uncertain for next year according to data from The British Coatings Federation (BCF).
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Shaun Holdom joins ISA-UK council
Drytac global product manager Shaun Holdom has been appointed to the ISA-UK council.
GIS expands its printhead electronics offering
Global Inkjet Systems (GIS) has expanded its offering with flexible drive electronics for the Toshiba TEC CF3 industrial inkjet printhead.
Nazdar publishes paper on weathering of outdoor graphics
Nazdar has released the white paper introducing ‘Image’, a new process to accurately predict weathering of outdoor graphics.
Generation BETA report published
LinkedIn’s B2B Institute and GlobalWebIndex have published a report ‘Work in BETA: The Rising B2B Decision Maker’, which examines the changing behaviours and attitudes of the first cohort of digital natives (21 to 40 year-olds) to assume positions of seniority in business.
VariAngle extends Kongsberg finishing table capabilities
Esko has released a VariAngle tool for the Kongsberg C and XP range of digital finishing tables that enables cutting at any angle from 0o and 60o at up to 100m/min.
Agfa brings out industrial deco printer
New from Agfa is the InterioJet 3300 multi-pass, water-based inkjet system for printing on decor paper used for interior decoration, such as laminate floors and furniture.
Where The Trade Buys introduces visitor pods
Where The Trade Buys has introduced a range of pods designed to people safe when visiting care home residents.
Drytac joins UKSRG
Drytac has become a member of the UK Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG), the first supplier of floor graphics products to do so.
IPIA to host EPIC Update in December
Speakers from the Independent Print Industry Association’s (IPIA) 2019 EPIC (‘Everything’s Possible; Integrated Communications’) conference will return to the ‘stage’ in December to reflect on how effective their advice proved in 2020’s Covid-19 conditions.
Atomic Energy Authority installs Ricoh Pro L5130
The in-house printing department at UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has installed a Ricoh Pro L5130 latex printer and Summa cutter so it can extend its on-site graphics production.
Xaar publishes white paper
Xaar has published a white paper subtitled ‘What goes around, comes around’, comparing the company’s TF ink recirculation technology with alternative ink recirculation techniques.
SMBs need to maximise the value of their data warns TrueCue
Leveraging insights from their data will be critical if SMBs are to overcome Covid-related challenges in the final quarter of 2020 according to TrueCue.
New tool simplifies colour-matching
Screen Graphic Solutions and CGS Oris have developed a technology that predicts halftones from limited colorimetric data by using a proprietary algorithm that automatically generates complete CxF data. The new technology is available in CGS Oris CxF Toolbox, a software solution for storing, editing and communicating (brand) colours fast and reliably.