• Fespa pt2: a maturing market

    Fespa pt2: a maturing market

    One of the main takeaways for me from this year’s Fespa show was just how much the market for large format sign and display hardware has matured.

  • Fespa pt1: Look to the East

    Fespa pt1: Look to the East

    To some extent, this year’s main Fespa trade show was always going to be overshadowed by Drupa. That’s one reason why Fespa likes to get out of Germany and visit Amsterdam in Drupa years…

  • SAi launches Flexi Complete

    SAi launches Flexi Complete

    SAi has introduced the latest version of its sign making software, Flexi Complete, which aims to rationalise the sprawling Flexi range of products into a single all-in-one package that includes design and RIP features for wide format printing and cutting.

  • Intec introduces B3 cutter

    Intec introduces B3 cutter

    Intec, which is now part of the Plockmatic Group, has announced a new B3+ digital die cutting flatbed, the ColorCut FB580, designed as an entry-level model. 

  • Highcon announces new converting machines

    Highcon announces new converting machines

    Highcon has announced a number of new digital die cutting devices, including a new Beam 3 for the folding carton market, and a prototype for the corrugated market that for now has been codenamed the Vulcan.

  • News Digest…March 2024

    News Digest…March 2024

    In many ways, March has been the calm before the storm before big events like the next round of UK elections kick off – or so the hapless Rishi Sunak must have hoped – before his zombie government next has to face the ire of the electorate.

  • CorelDraw updated for 2024

    CorelDraw updated for 2024

    A new 2024 version of the CorelDraw Graphics Suite, which is now owned by Alludo, has been introduced, offering new fonts and brushes, along with new versions of CorelDraw Technical Suite, CorelDraw Standard and CorelDraw Essentials.

  • HP unveils Indigo R&D projects

    HP unveils Indigo R&D projects

    Earlier this week I wrote about the new Indigo printers that HP showed at DScoop and which will form the basis of its Drupa announcements. But HP Indigo also showed a glimpse of some of the projects that it is working on in the background. Nimrod Cohen from the strategic marketing team for Indigo explained…

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