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R&D drives recovery
Published:  02 February, 2010

Here’s a question, what do capital equipment companies do during a recession? Well, if the screen and digital imaging industry is any measure, they innovate: and I think I know why.

Having started my own career in product design and then worked in and around the manufacturing sector I have witnessed firsthand the process capital equipment companies operate during the economic cycles. Put simply, original equipment manufacturers are duty bound to listen to their customers’ wants and need and respond by challenging their research and development departments to engineer solutions.

Industry News 
Big branding built to order
Published:  02 February, 2010

Event production specialist, GTMS, and large-scale prop maker, Model-Tec Studio, are combining expertise to offer a new concept and build service accessed via a one-stop-shop website.

Here clients can source everything from one-off bespoke props and themed displays to large European experiential touring kits. Both GTMS and Model-Tec Studio boast experience across a range of industries from fine art and interior, technology and international motorsport to experiential and architectural.

Screen Printing 
Think before you ink
Some things in life are constant, including, it seems, the presence of ink. Despite its ubiquity, however, ink technology is constantly changing resulting in more choice for the print professional - By Peter Kiddell
Published:  02 February, 2010

Two major changes have influenced ink development in recent times: the abolition of heavy metal pigments such as lead, cadmium and chromium and the need to diminish solvent use. Both changes have been driven by the imperative to reduce Health and Safety and Environmental hazards.

Features 
Fashionable printwear trends revealed
The countdown to the twenty-first Printwear and Promotion Live event has begun. Exhibition manager, Richard Smith, reveals what's in store during the show, which runs 28 February to 2 March 2010
Published:  02 February, 2010

Q. What's new for 2010?

A. Printwear & Promotion  (P&P) continues to bring all that's best to the garment decoration market, with fabric and machine technology, in particular, bringing major changes to the visitor. Direct to garment printing has become more affordable and transfer technology offers a low cost, high quality and easy to apply decoration technique. Embroidery machines offer very high speeds and single head machines are probably more popular than ever now that they can be linked together easily to allow a business to expand.

Features 
One pass does it all
Printing white and CMYK inks in the same pass is the holy grail of printwear producers. Available from YES, DTG's direct to product ink jet printers promise a solution with One Pass Fast
Published:  02 February, 2010

Users of DTG direct to product ink jet printers will have an advantage over their competitors with the launch of One Pass Fast. This new development has achieved what was previously thought impossible -  to print white and CMYK inks during the same pass.

Digital Imaging 
New year, new buzz
The current climate is providing a massive opportunity for printers to diversify, particularly in the wide format sector. So what can we expect in the coming months? - By Tracey Rushton-Thorpe
Published:  02 February, 2010

Economy and quality are going to be the buzz-words of 2010. We have endured a financial rollercoaster in 2009 and are now starting to pick ourselves up and look for growth opportunities in a strengthening economy. Product professional, LFP, for Canon UK, Shane Burchett, said: “The impact of the recession has been significant. Print businesses have had to rethink their strategies and to take advantage, they have to keep a tight rein on their overheads and costs.

What's New 
New substrates suitable for latex inks
Published:  02 February, 2010

Neschen has announced five new digital print media certified by HP as suitable for use with its latex inks. Two are self-adhesive vinyl substrates and three are digital wallpapers. Together with the HP Designjet L65500, the new media can produce displays for POP, exhibitions and vehicle graphics, street and building advertising and commercial and domestic interiors.

Prism News 
Get ready to work smarter
As the market prepares for new growth, printers are starting to work smarter. This means tighter process control and continuous improvement across the board, from production, to people management to marketing
Published:  02 February, 2010

Increasingly Prism is hearing about members who are doing really well. General manager at G Bopp, Andrew Moss, for example, says the company is going from strength to strength and has had to increase its production capacity. What G Bopp is seeing is a transition in the screen printing industry to a demand for high quality screens produced to very tight tolerances. This is particularly so in the industrial market but also the graphics sector, which has adopted a similar approach.

Case Studies 
Supersize printers box clever
Display printer, Digital Plus, has chosen to showcase its capabilities in plus size printing by creating a promotional cube to highlight the West Yorkshire Playhouse theatre's current production
Published:  02 February, 2010

Using the theme of the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden now showing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Digital Plus took this opportunity to showcase its specialist abilities in printing supersized graphics. 

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