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By Rachele Bompan, CEO at Bompan
As businesses weather this uncertain time, many look to expand their offering. Acrylic printing is one sector that should be on every large format printers’ list when considering new opportunities for increasing revenue. As a sector, it has been bucking the trend and has experienced a boom over the past year, with some printers who offer this application seeing an unprecedented influx of orders. Commonly used for photographic prints and signage, the pandemic has influenced a drastic shift towards creating acrylic splashback panels too.

Thimm is a double award-winner at this year’s POPAI D-A-CH Award in the “Beauty and Fragrances” category. With its sustainable “Green Christmas” floor display for Weleda and e-commerce packaging for online retailer Salwa Petersen, Thimm positioned itself successfully against the competition. The winners were announced in a virtual gala on the evening of 19 May.

Xeikon announces an eco-friendly, cost-effective digital answer to today’s wallpaper production challenges. As a key part of Xeikon’s Wall Deco Suite and with Xeikon’s bespoke and environmentally friendly dry toner technology with extended colour gamut, the new Xeikon CX50 is introduced. The Xeikon Wall Deco Suite is an all-in-one streamlined solution including inline finishing – all developed to cost effectively produce creative wall decorations including custom illustrations and photomurals in short runs. Meeting today’s consumer demand for individualised home interiors, the Xeikon CX50 digital press offers unlimited creative freedom across a wide range of substrates where every printed product can be unique.

Devan, leader in sustainable and functional textile finishes, has been working together with Jeanologia, a global leader in sustainable and efficient finishing technologies for textiles, to reduce further water consumption during the application of Devan’s awarded BI-OME® antimicrobial and R-Vital® skincare range.

By Martial Granet, Branch Manager, Mimaki France

After a turbulent year, it seems strange to be thinking about ‘after the pandemic’, but with millions of vaccinations underway, the light at the end of the tunnel is visible. As we turn the corner, choosing technology partners that understand how to proactively respond to changing market needs and support the evolving requirements of print businesses and end customers will be vital.

The screen printing machine S3P for printing glass sheets up to 200x300cm is equipped with solutions dedicated to glass printing such as the suction and blowing print table for easy handling and locking of the sheets and an electric positioning pin to simplify the positioning of the glass.
Setup times are extremely reduced thanks to the pneumatic lock of the screen, squeegee and scraper which guarantee maximum repeatability, avoiding even the slightest movement.
To optimize the printing time the length of the print movement can be adjusted from the panel.

Xeikon is set to launch an exciting new virtual advisory service using a unique 3D visual browsing experience. Responding to the dramatic increase in online exploration printers seek for new and creative ideas, Xeikon’s new virtual platform creates a unique user experience. It will become the ultimate advisory hub for printers and converters searching for the latest innovations and advice on everything digital. The first 3D rendered showroom will be dedicated to Wall Decoration. This will become a unique online space for the company to demonstrate its digital production portfolio of hardware and software for these creative and fast-moving markets. To access this new service go to https://xeikon-virtual.com/ and register for free access.

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