The Label Collective Group invests in SEI LabelMaster

Door Marco den Engelsman | 27/03/2017

The Label Collective Group in Haaksbergen, the Netherlands, is a fast-growing company selling stickers and labels, mainly online. The company recently invested in an industrial laser die-cutting system by Italian manufacturer SEI, the LabelMaster. CEO Richard Rensen speaks freely about his ambitions and the new direction of the company. Businessman Rensen is not originally from…

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Ricoh Pro L4100 first latex printer with Color-Logic™ certificate for metallic ink printing

Door Rob van den Braak | 27/03/2017

Ricoh announced that its new Pro L4100 wide format latex printer was awarded a Color-Logic™  certificate. Color-Logic™ is a worldwide standard for metallic and decorative colour effects. With the Process Metallic Color System it is possible to achieve significant savings when printing metallic effects. the system can generate hundreds of metallic colours with only five inks…

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Roland DG released Roland PrintStudio by Caldera

Door Rob van den Braak | 24/03/2017

Roland DG announced their new product, Roland PrintStudio (RPS) by Caldera, for Europe and North and South America. The new software package for RIP and print management offers a wide scale of state-of-the-art time-saving tools which enhance efficiency. Roland DG technology users will be able to optimise their print production processes even in the busiest…

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Baby care brand collects data with new app

Door Rob van den Braak | 23/03/2017

Baby care brand Zwitsal introduced the first baby names app. The new app is a kind of Tinder for baby names by which the brand cleverly collects data of the mother and the father. The app has been developed together with digital production agency iOnline. Thanks to a self-learning algorithm the baby name app is…

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Rainer Kirschke: Big Data and growth opportunities

Door Rob van den Braak | 23/03/2017

Rainer Kirschke, Business Manager Mobile Publishing at Agfa Graphic wrote a blog post about the reasons why Big Data can become more important for our industry over the next couple of years. One of the most important reasons is the fact that Big Data can be the motor for improved user engagement. Rainer does not…

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Printing paper with UV light

Door Rob van den Braak | 23/03/2017

Thanks to an especially developed coating it is now possible to repeatedly print paper with uv light. Chinese scientists developed the coating made from 2 types of nanoparticles, Prussian blue and titanium dioxide. By mixing the two and spraying it onto paper a blue colour appears. When the paper is exposed to uv light, the…

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Limex: “paper” made from limestone

Door Arthur Lubbers | 22/03/2017

Times Bridge Management (TBM) together with Japanese printer Toppan Printing developed an alternative for paper and plastic: Limex. The source materials for Limex are limestone and polyethylene (20%). It is supposed to be environmentally friendly because limestone is amply available (in comparison to wood) and because the production process does not require large amounts of…

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Guetzli: Google´s smart solution for reducing images

Door Rob van den Braak | 22/03/2017

Google has developed a method to reduce images by a third. With Guetzli websites will load quicker whilst not losing any image quality, according to Google. Guetzli (cookie in Swiss) is an open source solution which is available free of charge for developers and users. For websites such as blokboek.com the “cookie” would be of great benefit…

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