Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) has developed a "Luminescent Poster" which combines a high-intensity white light emitting inorganic Electro-Luminescent (EL) (*1) panel with an organic panel which displays scrolling text data.

The first InPrint Show has been hailed a great success by exhibitors, visitors, press and the entire industrial print community. So much so, the event is already taking space bookings for the next InPrint which will take place 10-12 November 2015 in Munich alongside Productronica.

By Sabine A Slaughter

The first show 2014 in the worldwide graphic arts calendar has set the bar high in terms of what is to be expected in our industry in the upcoming year.

Although by many considered a regional show, SGI by now is putting themselves onto the worldwide calendar for signage production, large format and textile printing as well as fleet graphics market. More than 400 exhibitors from the region and abroad showcased their product portfolios whereby not only equipment for the whole production cycle but also new and innovative applications could be seen. The expected visitor number of 10,000 was definitely not set too low as the aisles have been bustling with activity during the 3-day-event and quite a lot of equipment was sold directly from the show floor indicating the growing opportunities within this sector of print. No matter whether a visitor was on the outlook for large format printers, finishing equipment, workflow, consumables or further sophisticated machinery – all could be found at the World Trade Center.

 By Sabine A Slaughter

Once again, SGI proves its worth to everyone involved within the signage and other wide format as well as digital textile markets in the region and beyond. A raving success for now 17 years SGI has grown more and more into a show not to be missed.

The second day of SGI had its highlight when CEO Yasser Zeki Anan from Copatra Graphics received the 2013 Distributor of the Year Award from CEO and Chairman Wan-Soo Choi from DGI. The company pointed out that the award is not only purely based on achieved sales numbers but also takes service and performance into account.

Reprotronics LLC from Dubai will be the first printer in the region that is using the new EFI VUTEk GS5000r for production.

This five-meter roll-to-roll UV printer opens new doors to premium margin applications for print shops that need the highest image quality and billboard production-level speeds.

Today at SGI Giffin Graphics, one of the most renown distributors in the MEA region and distributor for Durst presented the Rho 512 superwide format printer.

Vortex™ 4200 wide format printer targets several print applications, including CAD, AEC, GIS and point-of-sale graphics with a combination of speed and quality never before thought possible. Inside the Vortex 4200 is revolutionary Memjet technology with five print heads for single-pass wide format printing of uncompromised speed and quality.

New age of advertising solutions to be shown at booth F03 in hall 7 by Saga DG distributor of EFI wide and superwide format solutions.

System Middle East FZC The only Authorized Distributors of complete range of Mutoh in GCC (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman) is pleased to announce special Promotional PRE-SHOW Prices, applicable on following latest models::

- Valuejet 1324/1624 New Generation Eco Solvent Printer.

- Valuejet 1638/2638 Dual Staggered Head printer for real production with impeccable quality.

SGI sees the display for the Flora HJII5000P: 5 meters width solvent printing with 16 Printheads, Flora LJ320P: 3.2 meters width solvent printer with 8 Printheads, EPSON SureColor SC 30610: 1.62 meters width Eco-solvent printer with high quality printing 4 colors, EPSON Surecolor SC70610: 1.62 meters width Eco-solvent Printer with high quality printing mostly used for art and proofing equipped with 10 colors include metallic & white printing.