Thank you to our valued readers and advertisers for your support during this year. Africa Print will be closing on Friday 13 December 2024 and will be opening on Monday 13 January 2025. Wishing you and yours a safe and relaxing break. Be sure to add our expo dates to your 2025 calendar: – Polokwane: Wednesday, 12 February 2025, Meropa Casino – Durban: Wednesday and Thursday, 5-6 March 2025, Durban ICC – Cape Town: Wednesday and Thursday, 14-15 May 2025, CTICC – Johannesburg: NEW EXPO DAYS Tuesday, Wednesday and [...]

ocus Label Machinery have outlined why users should consider using customisable heat transfer labels in their textile or garment printing service. If you provide textile printing services for your customers, offering unique customisation options will give them greater choice and can help your products to stand out from those of your competitors. Customisable heat transfer labels are a highly versatile option that could unlock lucrative income streams through the creation of personalised, branded apparel and accessories that appeal to your customers and reflect evolving seasonal trends. Efficient And Durable [...]

Africa Print expo organisers Practical Publishing have announced an exciting 2025 calendar, with events to be hosted in Polokwane, Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Visitors to the 2025 Africa Print events can embrace the future by seeing the latest opportunities in digital printing presses, binding equipment, digital packaging solutions, screen printing, digital textile printing, finishing equipment, ink, software, pad printing, paper and board, litho print solutions, encapsulating / laminating and digital label printing. A major theme of the Africa Print Expos will be live on-stand demonstrations, showcasing the future of [...]

Trisave exhibited a portion of its extensive product range at the recent Africa Print Expo, which was held during September at Gallagher Convention Centre. The company featured the latest Fastbind products, including the Casematic H32 Pro Case Maker for hardcover books, and the One Handy glue binder for soft and hard cover books. The two products work hand in hand to produce high quality hard cover books in medium, short and ultra-short series. Jaakko Huotari, CEO of Finland-based Fastbind, said that his company had been working with Trisave since [...]

Incas participated in the recently held Africa Print Expo, which took place in September at the Gallagher Convention Centre. The Lithuanian company produces a wide range of paper rolls for cash registers, printers, plotters, fax machines and other equipment, and also manufactures thermal cash register tapes. Other applications include ATMs, reverse vending machines and scales. Incas offers many types and sizes of cash register roll strips produced from various types of paper: single-layer, double-layer, offset, thermal, etc. The company manufactures a variety of specifications for paper rolls according to [...]

NSI LABEL will exhibit its new cutting solution at the Africa Print Expo, taking place from 11-13 September at the Gallagher Convention Centre, 9am-5pm. The NSI ASF420 flatbed cutter, which includes plug-in software and automatic camera scanning, is ideal for short-run and medium-sized production and samples of packaging, swing tickets and even labels. It processes material including paper, card, carton, synthetics, corrugated board films and labels, up to 600gsm, and features QR code technology for mixed document cuts and precise corner mark points. It handles print and craft paper [...]

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa will exhibit its TASKalfa Pro 15000c, along with samples from the new TASKalfa Pro 55000c (which was recently unveiled at drupa 2024) and the TASKalfa Pro 15000cB, at the Africa Print Expo, taking place from 11-13 September at the Gallagher Convention Centre, 9am-5pm. TASKalfa Pro 55000c (Printed Samples Only) The TASKalfa Pro 55000c infuses the very best of Kyocera’s innovative spirit with its dedication to excellence. With the ability to output vibrant, eye-catching colours onto a wide variety of offset coated media at high [...]

Intamarket Graphics will exhibit its range of printers, cutters and more at the upcoming Africa Print Expo, taking place from 11-13 September at the Gallagher Convention Centre, 9am-5pm. Intec ColorCut SC6500 This auto-feeding digital die-cutter/creaser features include a dual tool head (which includes contour drag knife for fast cutting, and one creasing tool), allowing users to digitally cut and crease any shape of sheet card item on media up to 350 microns. It is highly productive and the digital cutting head can apply up to 750g of force, individually, for [...]

Graficomp will showcase HP digital printing technology at the Africa Print Expo, which will be held from 11-13 September at Gallagher Convention Centre, 9am-5pm. The HP Latex 630 and Latex 630 W (comes with white ink) print and cut give customers the option of upgrading to a dual-device solution, with print and cut functionality. They have automated front-loading systems and simple, fast load/unload workflows. Users can enjoy easy re-prints, with in-printer storage of up to 10GB and stunning image quality, with HP Pixel Control Technology and new printhead architecture [...]