Tag: Industrial print

  • A light from the shadows

    Last week I wrote about Xaar’s recent history with thin film printheads, but for this second instalment Xaar’s CEO, John Mills, explains his plans to concentrate on the company’s core bulk piezo technology. 

  • Konica Minolta takes bigger slice of MGi

    Konica Minolta has increased its holding in the French manufacturer MGI, so that it now owns 42.3 percent of MGI. More interestingly, Konica Minolta has also outlined its vision for its future in industrial inkjet printing.

  • New Apache printer adopts Ricoh MEMs heads

    Axzyra has installed a new industrial flatbed printer – the Apache TH6090 Geni – at its demo facility in Cambridge. This is a flatbed printer that’s mainly aimed at industrial print markets for printing various items from dials to printing components, metal panels and acrylics as well as promotional items and some sign and display. 

  • Metal machine

    Back in 2017, Fujifilm showed off a new B1 sheetfed printer, the Acuity B1, which was developed by Inca Digital and is also sold as the Onset M. I’ve written previously about the potential for industrial printing of this press though surprisingly few companies have talked about actually using it. 

  • New managers at Mutoh, Xerox and Inkcups

    Mutoh Europe has appointed a new managing director, Mitsuo Takatsu, who succeeds Kenji Yasuhara, who is retiring. Takatsu will take over on 1 April 2020 and will oversee all sales, sales support, logistics, marketing, product & application support as well as after-sales support activities for Mutoh throughout the EMEA business area.

  • Roland launches VS300iS Go industrial printer

    Roland has officially launched its VS-300iS-GO industrial printer for printing membrane switches, which I covered previously when it was shown as a prototype at the InPrint show last November, though Roland has now added more details.

  • Mutoh announces new industrial printers

    Mutoh has expanded its range of small format flatbed industrial printers, with two new additions, the XpertJet 461UF and XpertJet 661UF. These sort of printers are typically used for printing to things like phone covers, as well as personalized gifts and promotional items, such as pens, lighters and USB sticks, as well as prototypes and…

  • Roland shows new industrial printers

    Roland demonstrated two new industrial printers at the recent InPrint show in Munich, including one for printing to objects such as toys, plus a prototype for printing to membrane switches.

  • Inkcups announces Revolution industrial printer

    Inkcups has introduced a new direct to shape printer, the Revolution, which is designed to print to cylindrical objects. It’s said to be able to print full colour graphics on up to 600 parts per hour.

  • Agfa to demonstrate aqueous ink industrial print

    Agfa has worked with the Dutch company Unilin to develop water-based inkjet solutions for manufacturing laminate flooring and furniture, which it will demonstrate at next month’s InPrint show in Munich, Germany.

  • Inkcups launches Helix Hi Fi industrial printer

    Inkcups, an American manufacturer of industrial printers, has announced a new direct to object printer, the Helix Hi-Fi, a 7-colour version of the existing Helix inkjet printer.

  • EFI expands its industrial printing

    EFI has teamed up with the German company Robert Bürkle, which has developed a range of finishing systems, in a move that will help EFI make its Cubik inkjet printers more atractive to the wood decorating industry.