Caldera invites users to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a landmark edition that introduces a variety of improvements for wide-format print houses. Leveraging Caldera’s extensive and long-lived partnership with Adobe, V11 incorporates the latest version of Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE 4), as well as practical advances in image and business control options that are typical of its major biennial updates. Compliant with macOS Sierra, V11 will be available in multiple languages from September this year, launching officially at SGIA…

The wall covering market is evolving, and Xeikon has solutions to address exciting new opportunities in this market. At MoOD (Meet only Original Designs), the company will showcase its dedicated wall covering solutions. The event will be held in Brussels, Belgium, 6 to 8 September, 2016. The show is expected to attract 230 companies from 20 countries. MoOD is predominantly a designer event, but there is more focus this year on production and manufacturing techniques. “The wall covering market has…

Screen has expanded its sales network in Finland with the appointment of Signcom as a reseller for the Truepress Jet W3200UVII wide-format UV printer. Based in Helsinki, Signcom opened for business relatively recently, in September 2011, but has quickly established a large installed base of customers, mostly in the entry-level market sector. The addition of the higher-specification Screen Truepress Jet W3200UVII represents a significant extension of the company’s wide-format portfolio. Samuli Vuorenhala, CEO of Signcom, describes the Screen Truepress Jet…

Sun Chemical has announced its intention to acquire Flint Group’s European Publication Gravure Ink Business. The acquisition will include the transfer of all products relating to Flint Group’s European publication gravure products and reflects Sun Chemical’s continued dedication to supporting this sector. Felipe Mellado, Chief Marketing Officer and Board Member at Sun Chemical, comments: “Sun Chemical remains committed to all its publication businesses. The acquisition of Flint Group’s Publication Gravure Ink Business reaffirms our commitment to this sector and will…

SA International (SAi), a leading provider of software solutions for the professional signmaking, wide-format digital printing and CAD/CAM for CNC machining industries, has announced full certification of its software solutions by HP for use with the newly-launched HP Latex 500 series. Verified by HP as compliant with its rigorous performance requirements, the full certification applies to SAi FlexiSIGN & PRINT, FlexiPRINT, FlexiPRINT SE, FlexiPRINT HP Edition Premium and FlexiPRINT HP Edition Pro software. SAi’s long relationship with HP and the…

Kyocera Fineceramics opened a new sales office for industrial printheads in Milan on April 1, 2016. The Japanese company established this representative office in Italy as a response to the rapidly growing market for digital printing in the country. The new office will allow Kyocera to further develop sales of inkjet printheads as well as its other printing technologies. Kyocera Fineceramics aims to gain a foothold in the Italian market and further strengthen customer relationships through the independent representative office.…

A 17 million Euro upgrade at the Avery Dennison plant in Schwelm, Germany, including a new coater, is giving graphics customers across Europe access to more than 7,600 product variations in total. The new coater offers large production flexibility with two coating methods and ten different solvent-based adhesives. Shaun Hobson, senior business director, Graphic Solutions, at Avery Dennison Materials Group Europe, said that the investment reflected the company’s strong ongoing commitment to the graphics segment: “Our customers want the widest…

photokina 2016: Hall 3.1, booth D49 - For high quality, photorealistic reproductions, as well as graphical presentation, signage and for the diverse, universal use in the branch of indoor advertising and promotions, the new SIHL PosterBright X 210 matt (3282) is the right choice of media. If the cardboard-like look is as important as a high print quality, then the new premium creative paper PosterBook 260 matt (3283) is the correct choice. Thanks to its heavy base weight, this printing…

Swiss printer manufacturer Lüscher-Tschudi has announced its strategic partnership with Caldera, whereby the French print software innovator has developed an OEM version of GrandRIP+ to drive the company’s 3.2m textile printer, the T-REX 320. The combination allows those entering this expanding market achieve quality results across high-speed runs for soft signage and industrial textile applications. Lüscher-Tschudi combines its Swiss reputation for quality manufacturing with an innovative but experienced approach to engineering. The T-REX 320 is built for accuracy, featuring a…

Avery Dennison announced it had completed the acquisition of the European business of Mactac from Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity firm, for the purchase price of EUR 200 million including assumed debt. Mactac’s manufacturing facility in Soignies, Belgium, along with sales offices and warehouses in Europe and Asia, are now part of Avery Dennison’s global footprint. Export sales will continue to serve customers in South America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and North Africa. The transaction excludes the Mactac…