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The acquisition of Sitma will boost Tecnau Automation and Packaging. And while this is a
25 September 2023
The acquisition of Sitma will boost Tecnau Automation and Packaging. And while this is a
What is the role of a company like Tecnau? Our job is to anticipate what
The Italian engineering specialist has improved its product portfolio as interest in high speed digital
Water is essential to support life, it is also essential for the latest litho transition inkjet presses, but as every litho printer knows, water can be troublesome. Inkjet printing has a problem, one that it is literally drowning in: water. The industry wants to use water based printing inks for a number of reasons: cost, […]
Adphos reckons that NIR is the answer to drying problems when using aqueous inkjet printing.
Creating an inkjet ink for commercial printing means mixing different ingredients with as few compromises as possible to ensure the best performance for the press and user. Water is wonderful stuff. But it has its place. And that place is not on a sheet of paper. This is a problem because the inkjet presses being […]
Fujifilm is one of the few companies with end to end involvement in inkjet. It offers inkjet presses for large format, document printing and packaging; it develops the inkjet printheads and it develops the inks to go with them. UV inks for large format printing are housed in Broadstairs, Kent, with water based inks located […]
The answer to the problem of how to dry the water in inkjet ink might be as simple as reducing the amount of water in the ink says Xaar. Xaar is the British inkjet printhead producer that flirted with disaster when designing a thin film print head to compete with the biggest boys in the […]
Xaar has formed a partnership with German printhead developer Quantica. The UK company will manufacture the NovoJet piezo printheads that Quantica has developed for jetting high viscosity fluids, in demand for 3D print, adhesives and other industrial applications. Xaar will provide Quantica with printheads to launch a range of 3D printers towards the end of […]
Printed maps remain a vital part of military life as they have done down the
A printed map or road atlas may no longer be needed to get around the
Maps – used to establish ownership of land, for taxation as well as navigation and combat – are among the earliest products to be printed. Those that survive from those early days are highly collectable and even later maps remain desirable as decorative objects. This function of the printed map has been boosted by the […]
The Print Business Index aims to use data to uncover trends that are driving the
The small commercial printer has been the foundation on which the modern printing industry has been built. Every town and community across Europe had its print business. Some grew and flew, becoming renowned nationally and beyond. Others remained small, local businesses for local people, and none the worse for that. It was not so long […]
Isn’t sustainability costly for a business? The myth is that to be sustainable, you have to increase costs. That is not the case. How do you manage customer expectations? A lot of work has been done in this direction. Reducing our offering to clients and offering strong alternatives enables us to batch jobs across the […]
Marginal improvements are the secret says Printed Easy’s Jon Lancaster. That and a business where
The smaller end of the commercial print market has been under unprecedented pressure in recent
John Brailsford Printers bills itself as Yorkshire’s favourite fast, friendly quick printer. It may be,
Liam Smith was under 30 years old when he started Aura Print, fresh from a
For its 2023 outing the Print Show has turned to home grown celebrities rather than television personalities with presentations from leading industry players. The event has also attracted exhibitors from most parts of the spectrum that makes up the UK printing industry. What does that industry look like and what can its community expect to gain […]
The number one diversification for commercial printers has been into large format printing. The initial investment is low and the existing customer base will already be buying banners for an event, to decorate offices or for other business purposes. There can be relatively few printers that do not have a Mimaki, Mutoh, Roland DG or […]
The Print Show is turning very serious, as befits the times of economic crisis perhaps.
Route 1 is the trade print arm of the Bluetree group, acting as the unseen
Bluetree was the first UK company to install a Landa press and the first anywhere