FESPA 2017: hall B5, stand D20 - Under the umbrella theme of “Brighter Ideas”, Sun Chemical will be presenting its comprehensive portfolio of inks and innovative ink chemistry platforms for screen, industrial and inkjet printing and for printed electronics at FESPA 2017. Stand highlights will include the global launch of FasciaCoat, Sun Chemical’s new hardcoat varnish for dashboard fascia and an addition to the SunHytek range of products for high-tech, appliance panel and automotive applications. Aqueous, formable and VOC-free, FasciaCoat…

FESPA 2017: hall A1, stand C25 - In today’s highly competitive environment, sign providers should be looking beyond their production equipment to find an automated end-to-end workflow that ensures faster time to market, fewer errors and improved profitability. If they recognize that waste is created everywhere; via complex manual steps, equipment idle time, incorrect material handling or lack of workflow control and if they seek to eliminate idle time – in design creation, pre-press, on press and on the finishing…

FESPA 2017: hall B7, stand B10 - "Discover the gateway to the world with Heytex", a request that Heytex meets with its ground-breaking fabrics for a wide variety of applications and printing processes. Whether as textile, banner or laminate, backlit, frontlit, mesh, blockout, decoration fabric, acoustic textile or wall and/or ceiling covering - unusual ideas can come true on fabrics made by HEYtex®. The success story of this year's fair will be written by the new 5m textile range "decoflex"…

FESPA 2017: hall B7, stand D40 at 3A Composites - Together with 3A Composites, eurolaser will present the high flexibility in the processing of sheet material at this year's FESPA in Hamburg. With its high-quality CO2 laser systems for cutting, engraving and marking, eurolaser is one of the world's leading manufacturers in this segment. 3A Composites represents one of the largest suppliers of sheet materials for visual communications. On the booth of 3A Composites, eurolaser will show the large-format, multifunctional…

FESPA 2017: hall A1, stand A25 and hall B6, stand C50 - Mimaki has announced that it will have its biggest presence ever at FESPA 2017 with two stands totalling 534 square meters. Mimaki Europe will be located in the Digital Hall (Stand A1-A25), where it will be demonstrating a wide range of solutions for the sign and display graphics market and industrial print, along with a technology demonstration of its unique 3D printing solution. The company will also have…

Partners and customers, i.e. the GERMAN PRINT GROUP®, have installed a total of 5000 square meters of the latest KREA® innovations at the Euroshop 2017. Using the backlighting textile KREA® Speedy they were not only able to show the textile printed with UV using Durst and Vutek inks, but also demonstrated its capacity to be printed using sublimation transfer inks. A large amount of frame systems could be seen in which the soft, stretchy materials could be easily installed and…

FESPA 2017: hall B6, stand D65 - Kiian Digital chooses FESPA Hamburg to introduce Digistar Bravo; the disperse digital ink for direct printing on machines fitted with Kyocera printheads. Digistar Bravo has been developed with Industrial textile printing requirements in mind: high runability and best-in-class printing performance. The range consists of 11 vivid colors among which, the 2 blacks stand out for their deep intensity; high rubbing and light-fastness. “We are very excited; Digistar Bravo has been subjected to the…

ASLAN, German manufacturer of self-adhesive films for special applications, now offers four versions of its digital printing film with extra strong adhesion. ASLAN UltraTack, designed specifically for long-term applications on challenging surfaces, is now available in both glossy and matt finishes and with either grey or transparent adhesive. Among the main advantages of the UltraTack films is their reliable, secure hold on hard-to-stick substrates. These include low surface energy materials (e.g. plastic dustbins) as well as rough, uneven or cold…

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital production technologies, has shown its extensive Alpha Series portfolio with multi-pass inkjet printing systems for the digital production of home textiles and fashion at heimtextil 2017. Depending on what they are used for, Alpha printing systems offer printing widths from 190 to 330 cm and can be configured with up to 8 colors and 64 Alpha-S printheads. With a native resolution of 600 dpi and printing speeds of up to 620 lm/h, they boast 24/7…

Sun Chemical has presented its portfolio of SunTex textile inkjet inks to the interior decoration and home furnishings markets at heimtextil 2017. Central to its offering at Heimtextil was be SunTex Encore, Sun Chemical’s range of direct print water-based pigment inks, which present significant advantages for a range of soft furnishings and interior décor print applications. SunTex Encore is offered as a multi-color ink set that combines CMYK, red, green, blue and grey to give a clean and bright color…