Ist-Metz invited the printing industry to Nürtingen, the company's headquarters, and more than 1,300 guests from 46 countries followed the call. In addition to the manufacturer of UV, LED and Eximer curing systems, 55 exhibitors presented their solutions for cost-efficient, high-quality production, from prepress to the final product. By Sabine Slaughter

The Dubai-based company nDigitec presented the inverted corrugated carton board from D-Board at SGI.

The product range of Natura media substrates that is on display at SGI enables printers to get more environmentally friendly as the products are biodegradable.

By Sabine A. Slaughter

More and more large format printers are employing UV technology. Increasingly UV LED is being implemented. At the show we have registered five different companies and printers that are employing this technology. What is the difference and why should printers use one or the other technology?

Designed to meet the demands for attention-grabbing graphics on sportswear, interior design, fashion and other textile applications, Kiian via its new distributor Signtrade, offers new vivid fluorescent transfer sublimation inks with excellent drying properties and high chromatic performance.

Ricoh has developed a technology to use biomass as a raw material for resin, the primary element of toner. This technology will lessen the environmental impacts of toner use—it will suppress the depletion of petroleum and reduce CO2 emissions through carbon-neutral processes.

More stable print production, less paper waste, lower costs: Austrian newspaper printer OÖN Druckzentrum upgrades its press with a Baldwin LithoSpray World spray dampening system.

Enhanced Device Offers High-Speed, High-Resolution, Full-Color Printing at 150 Million Dots Per Second.

A picture really does say a thousand words when you see Cheryl Beale's work at her Picture This Enterprises in Hollywood, Florida, a short ride up the beach from Miami. A good portion of her business is large format printing doing custom digital wall coverings, wall murals and special events signage for mostly commercial and corporate accounts, but she also handles residential work. Regardless of whom they are, the customers have noticed a difference since she switched to INX Digital International's Megaink BioMG inks earlier this year.

From technical advantage to market leadership. By Hadar Friedland, strategic product manager, Large Format Printing Industrial Solutions, IPG, HP.

While it is widely recognised that wide format digital printing is having a profound effect on indoor and outdoor graphics production, until recently, substrates have received little attention. The paper-based, twelve-tile 6m x 24m billboard appeared to be one of the few constants in the changing world of graphic arts technology.
However nothing lasts forever.

ICC Colours from Sharjah Airport Free Zone in UAE showcases a wide range of coated and uncoated papers, matt or glossy for any kind of digital printing.

Megasign, a first time exhibitor within the consumables sector presents its range of PVC coated an laminated fabrics, PVC boards, multi-purpose fabrics and more.