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The Green Revolution: How Microfactories Can Change the Face of Fashion

By Mark Sollman, Product Manager EMEA, Mimaki Europe
With the all-important COP26 Climate Change Conference having taken centre stage in November, there is no time like the present for the fashion world to rally together in stepping up sustainability efforts and getting carbon emissions under control.

Screen vs Digital Printing - What are the advantages of each?

Digital Printing is a relatively recent application for printing. The first digital printers were launched in the early 1990s and over the last 30 years have expanded to become a major segment of the printing industry.

Direct printing on glass that works

Glass is both a fascinating and a demanding material. As an expert in the field, you already know this – so let us just add: Digital direct printing on glass unlocks promising fields of business, and swissQprint flatbed printers are your key to success.

Why print shows continue to play a vital industry role

By Eef De Ridder, Vice President, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh Europe
Print industry events are at last regaining their rightful place in the calendar and it has been hugely exciting to see clients, partners, and colleagues, as well as meet new prospects, once again.

Profit from Drytac’s pattern coating science

By Phil Webster, Head of Industrial Sales, EMEA, at Drytac
Adhesives are absolutely critical to the success of applications across a range of sectors. Simply put, if you get this choice wrong, then you put the entire project in jeopardy and run the risk of undoing your hard work earlier on in the process, thus costing you valuable time, money and, potentially, repeat business.

Certificates for UV inks

As more and more specific requirements are imposed on inks and on printed products, there’s no getting around certificates any more. We have made an overview of the most commonly used certificates for inks.

Entering a New Era of Automation

By Mark Sollman, Product Manager EMEA, Mimaki Europe

All sectors, from automotive to aerospace to printing are entering into a new era coined “Industry 4.0”, representative of a more streamlined approach to production by utilising state of the art technologies to keep up with the increase in demand.

What’s next for Wide Format?

By Sander Sondaal, Director, Commercial Print Sales, Graphic Communications Group Ricoh Europe
The migration to, or adoption of, wide format printing by commercial printers is slowing. So says findings from the Business Outlook Survey for WhatTheyThink’s Printing Outlook report.

Read more: What’s next for Wide Format?

Five reasons why large format supports business resilience

By Sander Sondaal, Director, Commercial Print Sales, Graphic Communications Group Ricoh Europe

While key print production markets were heavily impacted by the pandemic, the wide format sector experienced less disruption and is expected to enjoy strong growth in the next five years.

Powering positivity with an injection of colour

By John Blyth, Marketing and Communications Manager, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh Europe
Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky said ‘Colour is a power which directly influences the soul’.
There could not be a better way to sum up some of the colour trends in graphic art design for 2022.