On Thursday September 23rd, at 4PM CET and 3PM BST, FuturePrint will be presenting a special webinar in which Marabu and Koenig and Bauer Kammann will present their innovating new digital printing solution for glass.

Seiko Instruments is pleased to support this year Bluhm Systeme as a cooperation partner at Fachpack in Nuremberg from 28 to 30 September to finally boost together the indispensable trade fair industry again.

The FuturePrint Tech Fest featured a series of expert panels outlining the 5 Steps to Inkjet Success. The ‘Problem Solving and Applications’ Panel featured Simon Edwards, Business Manager, Global Inkjet Systems, who offered some valuable insights into where to start to shore up industrial inkjet projects for success.

At the FuturePrint Tech Fest in June, Nick Copeland, R&D Director, Barrier Solutions at BOBST, presented a keynote session on Global Megatrends in Packaging Materials and the Advance to Sustainability.

Back in December 2020, we introduced the idea that while 2020 was clearly the year for crisis management, 2021 must be the year for adaptability, and in this article, we update the theme further with fresh thoughts, ideas and suggestions.

Is inkjet not quite ready for industry as some have suggested for years, or is the reverse true – is industry not quite ready for digitization? Richard Darling, Ricoh’s Industrial Printing Business Developer, has enjoyed a long career in inkjet, so is ideally positioned to offer insight into how it has developed and evolved.

The compact UV LED curing light sources offer advanced capability and increased production speeds for coding and marking applications. The LEDs are instant on/off, so the UV is only on when ink curing has to occur.

In the digital printing area, UV curable inkjet inks are a perfect fit for printing on thick polymeric substrates as well as printing directly onto pre-shaped objects such as bottles, tubes or cups.

UV LED curing technology is a perfect fit for 3D printing and additive manufacturing due to the compact size, ease of integration, and high intensity output achieved through optimized thermal management of the LEDs.

As a leading manufacturer in digital inkjet, Durst is consistently striving to develop solutions that help its customers achieve peak performance.

UV LED curing technology is a great fit for screen printing, in applications such as printing of glass, plastic bottles and closures.

At virtual.drupa 21 earlier this year, Francois Martin, Global Marketing Director of BOBST outlined some of the ways in which sustainability in packaging is achievable, and how we can start making it a reality today. Yes, packaging production needs to be more sustainable and there is no reason why the solutions already at our disposal can’t be more widely implemented today. Yes, new innovations will continue to develop but we need to act now with what we already can rely on.

With traditional UV curing processes, the tremendous heat associated with mercury UV lamps require a significant amount of electricity to operate, in addition to unseen maintenance expenses. This article will discuss how Phoseon UV LED technologies provide incomparable waste reduction, and energy savings of between 75 and 85 percent compared to mercury drying systems. With Phoseon lamps, there is no need for fume extraction units to remove the gases generated by mercury-vapor UV lamps. UV LED is not only good for the environment, but also has a very positive effect on the finances, sustainability, health, and safety of company operations.

The FuturePrint Tech Fest is a celebration of print technology taking place on the 29th-30th June 2021, where experts will provide updates on new technological developments, innovations and stories of how the print technology community is bringing to life new ideas that create new possibilities. Ahead of the session, we look at the key collaboration between Marabu and Koenig & Bauer, and the innovative glass printing technology they have developed.

The FuturePrint Tech Fest is a celebration of print technology taking place on the 29th-30th June 2021, where experts will provide updates on new technological developments, innovations and stories of how the print technology community is bringing to life new ideas that create new possibilities. Nick Copeland, R&D Director, BOBST, shares a preview of his keynote session, ‘Global Mega trends in Packaging Materials and the Advance Towards Sustainability’.

In a recent podcast with behavioural economist Roger Martin-Fagg he suggested we need to get ready for the coming boom. Check the podcast here.

In response to this, at the FuturePrint Tech Fest, we ask, are you ‘tech ready’ for the coming boom?

In order to help, we have mapped out the 5 critical steps for industrial inkjet success in developing and creating new digital print technology for new market applications. Read on for more insight into what to expect.

Technology is a wonderful thing. This is an assumption most people (myself included) tend to make. We live in a world seemingly defined by how clever technology is. How fast is the broadband, how many steps have we taken, how efficient is the MPG, what’s the carbon footprint etc. These days we can measure everything so easily. in this article, Richard Darling asks why go to the shops in a Mclaren when a Volvo will do?

How do you start designing your inkjet printing solution when you are an industry where the print becomes part of the product? Let us assume you are convinced that inkjet printing will deliver you key advantages for your lead time, your freedom of design, low waste, variable run lengths, etc. In short, you will profit from all the digital printing advantages. Great. We believe you will.

In my previous FuturePrint blog on the topic of modular lab testing, we looked at how combining drop watcher technology with modular components for printing and curing can help with customised testing of different material combination for industrial inkjet applications. We follow up here with a brief discussion on print head choices and testing for meeting different fluid needs.

The FuturePrint Tech Fest is a celebration of print technology taking place on the 29th-30th June 2021, where experts will provide updates on new technological developments, innovations and stories of how the print technology community is bringing to life new ideas that create new possibilities. We’re taking a look at what we can expect from Meteor Inkjet’s session with David Heath, Technical Sales & Marketing Manager, Meteor Inkjet Ltd, ‘Industrial Inkjet Printheads: Making the Right Choice’.