The current challenges and increasing demands from end customers must be met with innovations in mechanical and plant engineering. This can create new business models, reduce energy and material consumption and lower the error rate. Digitalisation, demographic change and climate change are mega trends that are also having a significant impact on the transformation of the printing and paper industries. Nevertheless, paper and printed products will still be used and needed in many areas of life in the coming decades – the industry has a future. Playing a central [...]

Attending the Africa Print Expo in Durban is a great way to connect and network with other professionals. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn, connect and discover new solutions that can grow your commercial digital printing business. The event is taking place on 13-14 March at the Durban ICC from 9am-5pm. Visitors at the event will have the opportunity to engage with industry-leading companies, who will showcase their latest commercial print solutions, as well as packaging solutions, encapsulating and laminating, branding, binding equipment, digital label printing, graphics, [...]

Midcomp will showcase its HP Latex 700W print and cut solution, and more, at the Africa Print Expo in Durban, being held from 13-14 March at the Durban ICC from 9am-5pm. HP Latex 700W Print And Cut Solution The machine allows users to print white without complexity, deliver vivid colours at high speed, get striking contrast using pure blacks, and expect sharp 4-point text, while retaining the renowned features of HP Latex printers. With the HP Latex 64 Plus Cutting Solution, users can enable new applications and growth for [...]

Kemtek Imaging Systems will exhibit its Canon and Epson printing solutions, and more, at the Africa Print Expo in Durban, which will be held at the Durban ICC from 13-14 March, 9am-5pm. Visitors can see the following at the company’s stand: Canon imagePRESS C265 This multifunction machine can print, copy, scan, send and store (with fax as an option) and makes clients’ work really stand out. A cost-effective choice, it can grow possibilities for clients without the need for specialist print knowledge. Users can create standout promotional materials with [...]

Dr. Sean Smyth, analyst and consultant, Smithers, and writing for drupa, said digital packaging offers many opportunities for commercial printers looking to move into new sectors as many traditional print applications continue to decline. The same dynamic is encouraging more equipment suppliers to offer digital printing systems for labels, corrugated, cartons, flexible packaging, rigid plastics, glass and metal packaging. The figures show how the suppliers of digital print equipment for labels and packaging have developed since this technology map was first produced in 2019. There has been a steady [...]

Midcomp will showcase its HP Latex 630W Print and Cut solution, and more, at the Africa Print Expo in Bloemfontein, which will be held at Ilanga Estate on 15 February. The new HP Latex 630 printer series completes HP’s Latex range and makes white ink technology available to Print Service Providers (PSPs) of all sizes. White ink allows users to produce a more impactful range of signage and décor jobs with stunning image quality and colours that jump off the page, creating attention-grabbing campaigns for end-customers. Other features include: an [...]

Kemtek Imaging Systems will exhibit a wide range of its solutions at the Africa Print Expo in Bloemfontein, which will be held at Ilanga Estate on 15 February from 9am-5pm. Solutions Being Featured On The Stand: Botlr Label Applicator Botlr ensures perfect label positioning, from the first label up until the last. Its capacity to automatically calculate the position of the second label precisely 180° opposite of the first one, makes it one of a kind. Its wide OLED-screen displays instructions for perfect label application, and the integrated sensors [...]

Daniel Brunton, Publisher of International Paper Board Industry magazine, and writing for drupa, said that for the corrugated packaging sector, the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 ended up being somewhat of a record-breaker. Like all industries, the sector had to seriously take a look at itself in the mirror in the opening weeks of the pandemic in March 2020, but within a matter of months and clearly identified as a ‘critical supply’ sector, the industry helped retailers convert to online business models and the boom in e-commerce is [...]

Fabrice Peltier, designer and eco-design consultant, and writing for drupa, encourages fellow designers, manufacturers and businesses to embrace eco-inking and unlock the potential for positive change in their creative industries. The common factor in many graphic creations, especially in packaging design, is that they are usually printed in large quantities to meet consumer demands. However, amid the focus on reducing packaging material consumption, one crucial aspect seems to have been overlooked: the environmental impact of printing inks. Often deemed insignificant, the inks used in graphic creations play a more [...]

John Tschohl of the Service Quality Institute says being relentless is an obsession with providing exceptional service to your customers. It’s a propulsive, self-directed passion to continue to learn, improve and exceed expectations in everything you do. Much like breathing, it’s essential to your being, and it never stops. It’s a race without a finish line. It’s a reflection of the core principles, beliefs, and attitudes of people within healthy and hugely successful businesses. No matter what you are pursuing in life, it’s critical that you commit to being [...]