As the packaging print industry increasingly embraces PDF, Esko, a global provider of integrated hardware and software solutions for packaging, labels and wide format customers, is supporting prepress professionals in the transition phase with its latest ArtPro+ software release.

At the prestigious EDP (European Digital Press) Association awards in Munich on Wednesday 15th May, Fujifilm’s Jet Press 750S was selected ahead of other competitors to be named digital press of the year in the “cut sheet colour B2(+)” category.

The global market for printed signage in 2018 was valued at $43.34 billion. Smithers Pira’s latest market report ‘The Future of Printed Signage in an Electronic World to 2024’ shows a small fall to $43.30 billion in 2019 in constant price terms. The printed signage market has marginally declined by 0.3% year-on-year since 2014. It is now forecast to recover value over the next five years when growth of 0.2% CAGR will see the market reach a value of $43.73 billion in 2024.

At FESPA Munich 2019 VEIKA introduced two new print medias for Dimense with metallic effect – gold and silver. Their use allows a completely new step in the development of the technology and application areas.

Based in Colmar, in the French province of Alsace, Topcolor Numéric was France’s first customer to install the Océ Colorado 1640 roll-to-roll printer, featuring Canon UVgel technology.

Last October Adobe announced Project Paras, a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop. The response was very encouraging. A broad range of textile designers, from major brands to independent professionals to part-timers and hobbyists signed up to test it. Our team listened closely to their feedback, and used it to make the product even better. The result is Adobe Textile Designer Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. Adobe will also exhibit Textile Designer at ITMA (booth #H3-A123A), the quadrennial textile technology show (20-26 June, Barcelona).

Launched only a few months ago but already making quite a stir in the marketplace, ORIS X Gamut, the latest color management software from CGS, has received the European Digital Press (EDP) Award for the best color management software in the Software/Color Management Solutions category.

A huge 26-metre tall piece of artwork, the iconic and beautiful Sylph of Spring, is being displayed on the side of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne thanks to the work of Mesh Direct.

Lecta will participate in the upcoming edition of this exclusive event devoted to luxury packaging, to be held in Milan from May 28 to May 30. At this international exhibit, which brings together designers, manufacturers and top brands in the premium packaging industry worldwide, Lecta will showcase its wide range of papers for select packaging with numerous possibilities for applications.

The Ghent Workgroup is happy to announce that ColorGATE Productionserver 10 is now fully compliant with the Ghent PDF Output Suite 5, perfectly processing all 48 test patches, a critical test for determining quality printing of PDF documents.

It’s been called one of the greatest comebacks in football history: Liverpool FC’s home win against Barcelona, overturning a 3-0 first-leg deficit to win 4-3 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League competition. And while Barça may not have been the stars of the show this time, the team’s bus – wrapped using materials from Drytac® – certainly grabbed fans’ attention.