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Wide format
18 Going wide for growth
With wide-format markets growing, commercial printers are finding that their existing business increasingly overlaps with new opportunities in the sector. Jake Nelson speaks to suppliers on how best to take advantage of the convergence.
Durst Oceania opens
for business
Digital print solutions developer Durst has opened a new direct subsidiary to serve Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania with its wide format, labels, packaging and
textile digital inkjet systems. Wayne Robinson reports from the opening event.
Textile printing
Innovation delivers for market growth
Velflex and Vicon Transfers CEO and owner Ben Carroll is one of the new generation of print entrepreneurs building businesses through innovation
and enterprise. He gives Wayne Robinson an insight into the ups and downs of treading a new path.
40 Digital driving innovation
in textile printing
Digital textile printing has now reached six per cent
of all textiles, and is set to grow at double digital pace, presenting real opportunity to margin-starved printers. Ron Gilboa assesses the market.
Riches from rags
From humble beginnings printing T-shirts on a single direct-to-garment machine at founder Jared Fullinfaw’s home in 2011, The
44 Print Bar has grown into a thriving fabric printing company, built on a foundation of what it bills as ethical manufacturing.
46 Quadient and HP go
end-to-end with Stitch
Quadient (formerly Neopost) teamed up with HP to show off the new Stitch S series of dye sublimation printers at open house events in Sydney and Melbourne. Jake Nelson was there.
Finishing
48 Automating for a strong finish
Whether in-line or offline, automated cut-sheet finishing is a staple of any print house worth the paper it prints on. Jake Nelson examines the latest in finishing technology and what printers should look for.
50 ThinkSmart Factory
The Internet of Things (IoT) is about to hit the world of finishing, with the inaugural ThinkSmart Factory in Japan hosted by Horizon at the end of last year highlighting the possibilities of connectivity.
Focus on quality
Trade finishing house Twin Loop has pursued a steady growth over the past two decades. Wayne Robinson talks to
52 owner Wayne Rubin to find out what has made the company one of the key players in the industry.
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EFI set to deliver growth
Veteran print industry leader Jeff Jacobson has taken the helm at EFI, and has a clear vision for the company and the industry. Print21 editor Wayne Robinson asks him what print businesses can expect in 2020, and for his priorities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Cactus buys second Fujifilm Acuity Ultra Pioneering wide format print producer Cactus Imaging has installed its second grand format Fujifilm Acuity Ultra in the space of 12 months, and the latest comes with a higher production capability.
Fespa set to shine in Madrid
Just three months out from drupa, the big wide format show Fespa will take place in Madrid, with organisers saying it will inspire and inform visitors with a content rich programme.
28 A cut above for wide format
Wide-format printers have an important consideration beyond putting ink on a substrate: how to then turn that printed substrate into a cut and finished product. Fortunately, a variety of automated cutting tables are out there to suit their needs, as Jake Nelson reports.
30 Play it safe with interior décor
Sonja Angerer says it is easy to overlook safety factors when printing interior décor products – but doing so could result in catastrophic consequences.
34 Top 20 Tips for wide format print
Part one 1-10
It is easy to come a cropper with wide format printing, but not if you follow the Top 20 Tips from John Buitenkamp at industry supplier Starleaton. Watch out for part two with the
second lot of Top Tips in the next issue of Print21. 12 Print21 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020
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