Fujifilm Sericol USA

VALHALLA, N.Y.—Fujifilm is revealing the impact of several recent acquisitions at four industry events this spring. The company will showcase its full portfolio of printing solutions and services at several upcoming industry shows, including the NEXPO Newspaper Show April 12-15 in Washington, D.C., the IMI Ink Jet Conference April 14-18 in Denver, Colo., and culminating at the global drupa 2008 event May 29 - June 11 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Fujifilm will showcase the individual and collaborative offerings of FUJIFILM Graphic Systems, FUJIFILM Sericol and FUJIFILM Dimatix. Fujifilm says it is demonstrating that through its extensive portfolio of products and business solutions for printers of

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—Holland & Crosby, a Mississauga-based expert in point of sale marketing materials, has installed the first Inca Digital Onset printer in North America, sold by Fujifilm Sericol, Inca’s long term worldwide distribution partner. Holland & Crosby Limited was formed in 1997 with the merger of Holland & Neil Limited and J.W. Crosby Advertising-two of the most reputable names in Point of Sale marketing materials. As technology has changed, the company continues to provide the most innovative solutions to retailers, manufacturers and event marketers. Their investment in the latest state-of-the-art digital printing equipment has provided even greater internal process control on projects, and more

Yunker Industries, Lake Geneva, Wis., a provider of retail imaging solutions, has significantly increased its digital capacity with the addition of the first four-color plus white Turbo Plus inkjet printer from Inca Digital. The new flatbed printer offers the same benefits as its predecessor, the Columbia Turbo, but is newly equipped with extra printheads that enable users to incorporate white or two additional colors, choosing from light cyan, light magenta, green, orange and violet in addition to the standard CMYK. The Turbo Plus is sold by Inca Digital’s distributor, Fujifilm Sericol. The Turbo Plus system was the perfect solution for Yunker, which had reached

With the use of shrink-sleeve labeling for product decoration growing at a double-digit rate, suppliers of shrink film inks are developing a steady stream of products to carve out a piece of the action. But in addition to the normal adhesion issues that are common with non-porous film applications, shrink inks have several other factors to contend with that make their development more challenging. Some of these issues include distortion (cracking, delamination, etc.), blocking, coefficient of friction (COF), and in food and beverage applications, low odor. Demanding applications Shrink labeling is growing in popularity because it offers brand managers at least two advantages. It

More spot color with less cost and greater freedom The new Kodak Spotless Printing Solution Version 2.0 provides a wider spectrum of spot colors with greater flexibility for marketers and a more efficient production process for printers. Spotless software enables graphic communications providers to simulate spot colors with process inks, delivering the marketing and production value of spot colors without the spot color ink costs. The Spotless printing solution also does away with native file editing and eliminates the need for reformulation or proprietary inks. The next generation Spotless printing solution adds the ability to generate 5- and 7-color screen tint recipes in addition

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