Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions announced today that 10 vehicle graphics installers from around the world have been named Regional Wrap Kings in the “Wrap Like a King” Challenge featuring Avery Dennison® Supreme Wrapping™ Film, the Conform Chrome™ and ColorFlow™ Series and MPI 1105™ Supercast Digital film.

Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc. have announced that Spectrum Print Plus, a digital cut-sheet commercial print service provider located in Canton, Massachusetts, recently installed an Océ Colorado 1640 roll-to-roll wide-format printer in its quest to enter the wide-format market. The addition of the UVgel powered technology has helped enable Spectrum Print Plus to increase throughput, capture new business opportunities and develop new product applications.

Kornit Digital, a global market leader in digital textile printing innovation, has announced the worldwide commercial availability of the new Kornit Storm HD6 direct-to-garment printing system. The company began global shipments of the new systems on October 1, 2018.

HP and Smartpress, a web-to-print company specializing in premium digital printing for corporate buyers and creative professionals, today announced a multi-million dollar deal for a fleet of HP Indigo’s most advanced commercial press, the HP Indigo 12000 HD Digital Press.

Texo Trade Services (TTS), expert in transfer printing media and printable textiles, opens two new stock locations in Europe: in Leicester the United Kingdom and in the French capital Paris. TTS serves a concentration of customers in these regions. With this local, customer-oriented stock TTS increases the service and delivery speed: within 24 hours or even the same day. Customers of TTS can guarantee their own clients even more speed and distinguish themselves herein.

Higher throughput. Faster turnaround. High print quality. Just in time. These criteria are the most important when selecting the right hardware and software for print service providers, and in particular for wide format printers. Increasing incoming orders with simultaneously decreasing print runs require the conversion to automated processes. The decisive factor here is a perfect interaction between software and hardware.

Zalsman, a leading graphics media solutions company in the Netherlands, has chosen to expand its inkjet capabilities having placed Europe’s first order for a Ricoh Pro VC70000. The deal follows Zalsman’s global first which was its installation of a Ricoh Pro™ VC60000 three years ago.