Dantex has launched SuperWhite, a new technology developed for PicoJet 330 & 254 presses, capable of producing white ink opacity between 86 and 92 percent in a single pass at 75m/min (250ft/min).
According to Dantex, the SuperWhite is the highest opacity high-speed inkjet white available on the market. Developed by the Dantex Advance Engineering team, it offers a high-performance white ink option essential for detailed and vibrant print on a wide range of substrates, such as coated and uncoated papers, foil, PVC, polypropylene, and polyethylene.
SuperWhite ink opacity is consistent throughout the production run, even at 75m/minute, as the print heads deliver a precise and measured amount of ink across and down the web with no variables.
Featuring a shared interface, the new integrated system is designed to simplify makeready and production by centralizing digital data flow, both incoming and outgoing, through a single panel. This intelligent system provides printers with an efficient all-in-one technology that meets the label and packaging industry's quality requirements for fast, waste-free, makeready, and
The new cloud-based platform integrates with Esko Automation Engine and AVT Helios automated in-line inspection technologies for label and narrow web printing. ‘Connecting between pre-press and inspection, iCenter enables users to control and deliver one standardized source of truth throughout the quality inspection setup process,’ said Ornit Gluzman, Esko AVT alliances and
Reproflex3, a UK-based pre-press specialist, has appointed Paul Orr as brand services business development manager.
Working primarily with clients throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Orr will manage commercial activities focusing on building new strategic partnerships and supporting growth across key areas of the business.
He joins Reproflex3 with more than 28 years of experience in the flexible food packaging pre-press industry and brings in-depth technical knowledge of pre-press and print in flexo, gravure, and litho.
After beginning his career as an apprentice press operator, he moved into client services, using his technical expertise in various senior roles with different packaging companies. Most recently, as head of client services at Tag in Leeds, this involved project management, driving best practice, and business growth.
StickerGiant has promoted its current COO, Beth A. Smith, who takes over the CEO position from its founder, John Fischer.
Since joining StickerGiant as COO in 2017, Smith has helped guide its growth and led annual sales from USD 12 million to an expected USD 32 million for 2021. Smith also ushered the company through pandemic s challenges, managing a hybrid workforce implementing new safety protocols. Smith identifies as gender non-binary, and their passion for social justice and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging fits with the forward-thinking, human-centric business culture of StickerGiant.
Smith has broad experience in various industries, formerly serving as director of operations at Intrado and in several sales and customer service leadership positions for UPS. Smith’s relationship skills and talent for connecting people, processes, and technology have earned them proven expertise in building employee and customer-focused cultures. Smith is also the founder of Boulde