Innovative cleaning cloth material and solvent formulas reduce environmental impact for offset printers

Antalis, Europe's leading provider of paper and visual communication solutions, has launched the next edition of the Antalis Interior Design Awards (AIDA). First launched in 2017, the competition recognizes the design of unique and personalized spaces created by talented creative professionals around the world.

Printing equipment and machine manufacturer TRESU has created a new business unit in order to provide its customers with lifetime support and help customers drive down excess waste, cost and down time.

- The global volume of parcels and the amount of shipping labels required will double by 2025: to 200 billion units - per year.
- Saving the label carrier material and its costly disposal will thus become a primary challenge.
- The HERMA InNo-Liner system works completely without a liner, activates the adhesive on a purely water-based basis and operates reliably even at high cycle rates.

Xaar has launched its 5-step service for the evaluation of fluids for use in new product development and advanced manufacturing applications. The service aims to help companies establish the suitability of inkjet technology and fluids in new applications without incurring large upfront costs. To support the new service, Xaar has invested in a dedicated laboratory. This is equipped with a number of custom test rigs for sample production and fluid testing including a Notion Systems n.jet 3D printer.

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is participating in a joint project called SEED, led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, in which forest companies are developing new digital solutions together with companies in the ICT industry.

Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its sawn construction timber (KVH) mill at Pfarrkirchen in Germany, to the fund LEO II. – VV1 GmbH, managed by the private equity firm Dubag Group.

British paper specialist G . F Smith makes the world a little more colourful: The company is adding four new colors to its popular Colorplan range of fine paper. The high-quality paper creations are available in Germany exclusively from the fine and artist paper specialists Römerturm.

Combination of companies’ products better meets the needs of Narrow Web Printers using LED UV curing technology on flexographic & hybrid flexo/digital presses

Demand for INX’s TRIANGLE® HFB UV Curable ink for HP Scitex printers keeps increasing. As a silver sponsor, INX (booth 237) will explain to franchise printers how they can save a substantial amount of money and improve print performance using the alternative ink at the 2020 FASTSIGNS International Convention, January 16-17 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

Reducing CO2 emissions and thus making a sustainable contribution to climate protection is equally important to Papier Union and Papyrus Deutschland, which will soon merge under the umbrella of the Inapa Group. The joint management has therefore decided to switch the electricity tariffs at almost all warehouse and office locations of both companies to green electricity.

JK Group will attend Heimtextil, the global event for interior textiles trends, through the Kiian Digital brand, revealing the last update of Digistar Bellagio reactive ink series alongside the complete product portfolio designed for textile printing.