Heidelberg Stakes New Claim to Industrial Inkjet with Jetfire
Patrick Henry reports from drupa 24 on Heidelberg's return to industrial inkjet printing with a pair of machines introduced in partnership with Canon.
Looking Beyond Commercial Print with Mimaki
Mimaki is looking beyond the traditional paper-based print applications. Ralf Schlözer reports from Mimaki's drupa 24 press conference.
People Profile: Dr. Raša Urbas
WhatTheyThink/drupa daily is profiling selected attendees to this year's drupa 24. David Zwang profiles Dr. Rasa Urbas, Head of the Chair of Information and Graphic Arts Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana.
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Drupa 2024 Officially Kicks Off!
Drupa 24, eight years in the making, opened yesterday to much excitement. European Section Editor Ralf Schlozer attended the opening ceremony.
FUJIFILM Dimatix Introduces The SkyFire® SF600 Next Generation Printhead
At drupa 2024, FUJIFILM introduced the FUJIFILM Dimatix SkyFire® SF600 printhead. David Zwang provides an overview.
Canon Moves into B2 Inkjet
As drupa 24 opens, Canon has announced that it is launching its first B2 size press, the varioPRESS iV7. Ralf Schlözer takes a look at the announcement.
EFI Takes Nozomi to an Entirely New Level with the X5 Nozomi in Partnership with Packsize
WhatTheyThink's Cary Sherburne gets a demo of the new X5 Nozomi platform that is capable of building and printing custom sized boxes inline. Ahead of drupa, EFI invited select media to Spain for a media week filled with presentations and demos. The new X5 Nozomi was part of that at their facility just outside of Valencia, Spain.
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Printing Outlook 2024 - The WhatTheyThink Overview of the Current State of the Printing Industry
The Printing Outlook 2024 report provides detailed analysis of the latest WhatTheyThink Printing Industry Survey, the latest industry economic data and macroeconomic trends, as well as industry and cultural technological trends to look out for in 2024 and beyond.
April Graphic Arts Employment A Mixed Bag
Overall printing employment in April 2024 was generally up—+0.5% from March—with production employment up +1.3% and non-production employment down +1.4%. Full Analysis
Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing—2010–2021
According to County Business Patterns, in 2021 there were 578 establishments in NAICS 322212 (Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing). This category saw a net decrease of 18% since 2010. In macro news,inflation in April eased a bit. Full Analysis
March Shipments: We Got Good News and Bad News
March 2024 shipments came in at $7.24 billion, up from February’s $7.04 billion—and yet the worst March the industry has had. Full Analysis
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Dov Isaacs on Frank's drupa Advice
I strongly agree with Frank's comments. Some additional notes: (1) Although DRUPA's name implies paper, it is important for the industry to recognize that “printing” is increasingly using substrates other than paper and that there are unique work… Full comment Reply
Mark Geeves on Frank's drupa Advice
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Patrick Henry on Frank's drupa Advice
Frank, the brat vendors at the Messe who give you the sausage and the bun separately must have missed your point about integration! But thanks for a nice, upbeat introduction to the show. It's going to be memorable. Reply
Alvaro Mantilla on Frank's drupa Advice
Automation + Integration + Embelishments... according to Frank, the things to see in Drupa. Stop at Hall 17 and you will see all three... plus many more! Reply
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Richard Wright on Kodak Sells the First KODAK MAGNUS Q3600 Titan Platesetter to Imprimerie Pollina
This is great news. Print providers should be reviewing the value of newer, faster, more labor efficient Computer to Plate equipment as part of their capital equipment refresh plans. Reply