Based on fundamental investigations into the deinkability of UV/LED cured prints Siegwerk has developed an enhanced UV/LED offset ink system for coated and uncoated types of paper.

• Prints with excellent ink transfer with no surface screening required

• Increases press uptime with outstanding solvent resistance, avoiding ink fill-in
• Reduces pinhole effect with smooth printed solids and exceptional highlights

Sun Chemical has launched SunWave™ Lumina, a new range of high performance, UV LED curing sheetfed offset inks for commercial printing. Suitable for use on all sheetfed press types, the range offers class-leading lithographic performance, delivering fast makeready, highly stable printing with minimal wash-ups and excellent duct flow. This results in increased uptime for presses and increased productivity for commercial printers.

Outstanding elongation properties offered by a new Avery Dennison film have set new standards for premium overlaminates. The new highly conformable and ultra-transparent DOL 1400 Z Series can elongate up to 220% (a 20% improvement on typical industry standards) ensuring excellent installation performance and visually arresting printed designs.

DAF Products is delighted to announce their Exclusive Representation partnership with PrintLAT, effective May 1 2019.

INX International (Hall A5-Stand H20) will feature ink products that are in alignment with the “Explosion of Possibilities” theme of this year’s Fespa Global Print Expo, which takes place May 14-17 at Messe Munich in Germany. INX offerings, including the new TRIANGLE® DT8 and DT8-PRO aqueous inks, will be geared towards the textile printing, screen and digital wide format and signage segments.

Authored by Jerry Hill, Vice President; New Business Development at Drytac

Floor graphics are fantastic way to grab attention in a range of environments. Displaying special offers in a shopping centre, directional information in a hospital or transport hub, marking out zones at an exhibition or trade show - floors offer a new dimension. Graphics are also ideal for customizing what can be a featureless empty space, turning a room into something magical, even making a newly married couple's first dance extra special.

Spectro LFP qb Textile Edition is the new and worldwide unique solution for automatic color measuring in dye-sublimation and direct-to-garment printing. It is based on the Spectro LFP qb and has dedicated software and special accessories.

ECKART, one of the leading manufacturers of effect pigments and metallic printing inks, will be presenting its design concept illoom. at the Packaging Première Milan, Fieramilanocity, pavilion 4, stand E 10, from May 28 – 30, 2019

Kodak will be among the exhibitors at this year’s IST UV Days from May 13 to 16 in Nürtingen, Germany. The company will take advantage of this prestigious industry event to cast a spotlight on the options for UV offset printing that are opened up by the new KODAK SONORA X Process Free Plate.

Determining the curing degree of UV inks poses a challenge to press operators around the world. To solve this problem, hubergroup, one of the leading international specialists for printing inks, has invented an innovative technique: “NewV cure”. From May 13 to 16, hubergroup will present this science-based, patented solution for determining the curing degree of UV inks as well as its EuPIA compliant UV ink portfolio in Nürtingen, Germany, at the IST UV Days 2019.

For the third time in ten years, Meech International has been awarded the UK’s most prestigious award for business achievement: the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade. This reaffirms Meech’s position as one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of static control, web cleaning, compressed air technology and surface cleaning products