PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL—The Inkjet Summit, held April 9-11, at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, was a major success for both sponsors and attendees. The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior managers and business executives from print providers and corporate enterprises who are looking to develop strategies, understand their options, and make major investment decisions around inkjet printing technology.
Fujifilm North America's Graphic Systems Division will demonstrate the Acuity Advance Select 8 UV flatbed inkjet printer at the ISA International Sign Expo 2013, April 3-6, 2013, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in booth #1512. The Acuity LED 1600 wide-format hybrid inkjet printer will also be on display, as well as samples of wide-format media.
Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ March 2013 edition, featuring Mele Printing.
What is striking about the round of installations this year over last, we are hearing about far fewer installation problems and challenges with substrates. We are hearing more about the costs and need to expand post-processing capabilities rather than installation or performance of the presses themselves. Business cases are still strong but, unlike the earliest adopters, those needs were not as acute, so they had the luxury of hanging back and biding their time until that time was right.
Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, announces that Fujifilm North America is now a Gold Patron. Much like print facilities that become SGP Certified, Fujifilm companies worldwide share a strong commitment to building sustainable businesses that seek to reduce their environmental impact.
To better showcase its digital and inkjet printing innovations, Fujifilm North America recently reopened its Graphic Systems Division’s demonstration center with a new look and a new name. Located in the company’s Hanover Park, IL, facility, Fujifilm’s Chicago Technology Center has been redesigned to highlight the capabilities for printers.
PITTSBURGH—Printing Industries of America (PIA) has announced that a dozen technologies were recipients of the 2012 InterTech Technology Awards. The technologies receiving this award have been judged as "truly innovative and are expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry," according to PIA.
