Digital Printing-Inkjet Roll-to-Roll

At the Xeikon Café North America, Xeikon unveiled a number of initiatives and new hires as part of the ongoing expansion of its North American organization. The opening of the event also marked the unveiling of Xeikon’s new Innovation Centre.

What a dazzling showcase the 2017 SGIA Expo was.

With more than 19,000 attendees and nearly 600 exhibitors, the 2017 SGIA Expo, held from Oct. 10-12 in New Orleans, highlighted the strengths of the printing industry.

Domino continues to increase its visibility and emergence as a major player in the digital printing arena and has emerged as a sponsor of several major industry events.

Xeikon has announced that Dr. Vlad Sljapic has joined the management team as VP of global sales, effective Oct. 1. In his role, Sljapic will lead Xeikon’s worldwide sales organization and expand the company’s global strategic sales efforts in the digital printing market.

Now in its third year, the Digital Packaging Summit has emerged as the industry’s premier event to connect converters and suppliers for in-depth conversations surrounding the latest in digital technology. Jennifer Dochstader and David Walsh of LPC, Inc., are the co-chairs of the 2017 event and discussed their expectations for this year.

At Labelexpo, Konica Minolta has announced a “100th customer” milestone, a strategic partnership in Europe with finishing specialist GM and the launch of a new product to underpin its accelerating growth path within industrial printing.

Epson America has expanded its digital label press lineup with the introduction of the SurePress L-4533AW, a seven-color inkjet label press built for reliable, high-quality performance.

Mouvent, a new joint venture from BOBST and Radex, is making its trade show debut at Labelexpo 2017 in Brussels. The event marks the global debut of Mouvent's label printing product range, based on the Mouvent Cluster, an innovative inkjet printing platform.

At Labelexpo Europe, currently underway in Brussels, Xeikon has announced four digital label presses, spanning both the UV inkjet and dry toner segments. The new presses expand on Xeikon's existing Cheetah dry toner technology and its newly announced Panther UV inkjet platform.