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Present at the Virtual.Drupa 2021, Germany-based Trotec Laser Automation believes that its newly announced products, like the SP 4000 addressing the needs of digital textile production and the GSL1400, helping label producers make the next step into digital production, will be the highlights. ....
Poland-based Seismotion produces a wide range of steel and aluminium bars, which the company is showcasing at the Virtual.Drupa 2021. Nikos Drosakis, executive managing director, Seismotion “Our latest invention is the NPP bar, which is 15x15x13-mm. That is a double-fold non-glue steel bar with perforation on both sides. What makes it unique is the two-side perforation. That means the bar fits to every kind of the blanket regardless of its layer structure and the grip is strong enough to have better results than industry standards,” Nikos Drosakis, executive managing director, Seismotion, said. Drosakis explained: “I think non-glue steel bars make a big difference. If we consider that standard barring of blanket using glue, depending on method, needs time from five to 24 hours to get the full bar grip strength. This includes all additional operations like preparing the glue, gluing the blanket, curing the gl ....
Climate change: the investment opportunity of the century Jo Francis Thursday, April 22, 2021 Virtual.Drupa marked Earth Day 2021 with a compelling keynote presentation from climate change expert Dr Gabrielle Walker. Walker said there would be “a massive reallocation of capital” due to climate change Walker said that despite the travails of the Covid-19 pandemic, the issues around climate change had gained more attention over the past 18 months. “The momentum is starting to feel like it’s unstoppable,” she said. While some aspects were “really quite alarming” – such as the dramatic rise in global temperatures since 1880 – she also described it as “the investment opportunity of the century”. ....