Exhibitors Reported Quality Leads And Visitors Saw Cutting Edge Technology At Graphics, Print And Sign Joburg Expo

Africa Print News - Commercial Print, Digital Label & Digital Packaging | Week 4 SEP 2022 | VIEW IN BROWSER

Africa Print provides the latest news, insights and trends for the commercial print, digital label and short run digital packaging industries in Southern Africa.

The Graphics, Print and Sign expo, held last week at Gallagher Convention Centre, attracted 4028 visitors in total. The event was sponsored by Platinum sponsors Roland DG South Africa and Stixo Signage Supplies.

Intec Releases Entry Level Digital Die-Cutter

The ColorCut FB575 has advanced software for ease of operation, a cutting table that accommodates up to one SRA3 (Tabloid Plus) sheet, and is the perfect partner for businesses to deliver truly professional digital cutting, creasing and perforation, of any shape, on a range of materials up to 600 micron, which is ideal for light and on-demand production.

ROTOCON Receives Printing Excellence Award

MEA Markets has awarded ROTOCON with a 2022 African Excellence Award for ‘Best Printing and Converting Equipment Supplier — South Africa’.

Sappi Announces Mill Ribbon Cutting

The Sappi Saiccor mill expansion and environmental upgrade project has been lauded by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Taking A Vegan And Eco-Friendly Approach To Label Printing

According to Focus Label Machinery, demand for ‘vegan organic packaging’ is increasing, and ‘vegan’ substrates are starting to come into the market. This is a fantastic development for companies that sell vegan products and also want their packaging to match their values.

Solimar Systems Releases New Version Of PDF Optimisation Solution

ReadyPDF® Prepress Server™ 9.2 offers many enhancements to its current features and new additions to boost functionality and improve user experience. These improvements include a streamlined configuration, additional discard object options, ReadyPDF job property variables, expanded optimisation settings, pre-defined modes for various activities, greater optimisation report functionality and the addition of a new preflight mode.

Sibress Announces New Features For Flexo Plate Measuring Device

Sibress FADS3D is an innovative measurement solution for two and three-dimensional analysis of flexographic printing plates. Sibress has extended the application range of the FADS3D measuring device with two helpful features that enable users to more specifically take into account specific requirements of the flexo plate material.

Xeikon Installs Full-Colour Printing System

The Xeikon CX300 is a full-colour printing system, including opaque white in a single pass. It comes with a food-safe toner, reaches a maximum speed of 30m/min and achieves a high-quality image with a resolution of up to 1200dpi. Rudolf Koehler Etiketten GmbH has invested in this system.

BOBST Customer Sets New Record With Rotogravure Press

BOBST has reported that a customer has set a new record with its ROTOMEC 4001 rotogravure press. The machine recently set a new record at Toyo Packaging by running non-stop at near top speed throughout a very long and high profile print job.

Esko And GMG Announce Collaboration In Colour Management

A collaboration brings Esko-Graphics BV. (‘Esko’) and GMG GmbH & Co. KG (‘GMG’) together to satisfy the demand for highly automated and globally connected colour management solutions.

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