Printing Pulse
Konica Minolta Supports
Move into Industrial
Printing with MGI
JETvarnish 3D Evolution
Th e JETvarnish 3D Evolution is available in
three sizes from B2 to B1.
Th e JETvarnish 3D Evolution, developed and manufactured by Konica Minolta’s
strategic partner MGI, is available in three sizes from B2 to B1. It delivers high volume
productivity with up to 4,065 B2 size sheets per hour, off ers remarkable registration
and the ability to create brilliant and highly profi table 2D and 3D eff ects with up to
200 micron in a single pass.
It applies spot UV coating as a top layer to make prints more vivid, tactile and exclusive.
Th e varnish adds a creative touch to a wide range of applications, including luxury packaging,
book covers, business cards or greeting cards, brochures, fl yers, posters, magazines,
photo books, and many more. Th is makes the JV3D Evolution an interesting add-on product
for more or less any print provider operating toner, off set, or inkjet print systems.
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8 Printing News December 2017
Xeikon and EFI Entering
into a Strategic
Partnership for Digital
Label Printing
EFI and Xeikon, a division of Flint
Group, announced they have entered
into an exclusive partnership for the
EFI Jetrion digital label and narrow
web inkjet printing systems. Under
the partnership, Xeikon will service,
support and supply the worldwide
Jetrion customer base, and continue
the direct sales of Jetrion digital label
printing systems as part of the Xeikon
portfolio of digital dry toner and UV
inkjet presses for the self-adhesive
label market.
“EFI Jetrion printing systems have
helped to establish the market for
industrial digital inkjet label production,
and the numerous innovations
developed for high-resolution Jetrion
technology – including high-end, production
class LED imaging, superior
opaque white ink and true all-in-one
integrated print, varnish, cut and slit
systems – have given EFI Jetrion the
largest installed base of UV inkjet
label presses in the world,” said Guy
Gecht, EFI CEO. “As we expand our
portfolio of industrial inkjet products,
we prioritized our go to market investment
and resources. It was a clear
choice for us to pick Xeikon, one of the
undisputed leaders in digital label
printing, as the ideal partner to continue
a trustworthy sales and service
operation for the Jetrion product line.”
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Heidelberg Wins Several Design Awards
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has received awards from the German
Design Council in Frankfurt for the outstanding design of its machines, as it was
announced on 20 October in cooperation with the specialist journal “manager magazin”.
Th e Award’s international jury honors design trends leading the way in the German
design landscape. Th e Award, which was established in 2012, is one of the most
respected of its kind worldwide, and is highly regarded well beyond specialist circles.
Th e Speedmaster XL 106 off set printing press was selected as the winner for industrial
applications, the new Primefi re 106 digital printing press as the winner for digitized,
personalized packaging, and the new Omnifi re 250 as the winner for printing
three-dimensional objects like balls, drinking bottles, or cell phone covers, with the
Omnifi re 1000 model receiving a special mention by the jury.
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