PRINTING United Expo

Mactac celebrates its milestone 60th anniversary this year. Founded in 1959, Mactac’s pressure-sensitive adhesive materials are used in a wide range of markets and industries.

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division (Booth 8220) is showcasing the new Acuity LED 40 Series with instant-on LED curing.

"When encountering any new technology, high school students are fearless — they just jump right in,” notes Laura Henning, media specialist at Trumbull Career & Technical Center (TCTC). TCTC, located in Warren, Ohio, serves roughly 1,000 11th and 12th graders from 20 schools county-wide.

Since we added the SCREEN (Booth 10951) Truepress Jet L350UV, we have been doing more and more long runs, which has turned out to be a sweet spot for our production line,” explains Scott Kneer,…

Sabine Geldermann, director of drupa and global head, printing technology, Messe Düsseldorf, is the recipient of this year’s Girls Who Print Girlie Award, coinciding with Girls Who Print’s 10th anniversary.

BlueNose Coffee, based in Farmington, Minn., was outsourcing some of its labels, but also printing some labels in-house on a sheet-fed desktop printer. They needed to find a solution that could combine all of their labeling needs and give them the in-house flexibility they needed to grow their business and brand.

Three trades comprise the industry: graphic design, printing, and installation. Graphic design and printing have been available in educational institutions. But if you take a design of stunning quality, produced by a printer, and hand it off to an unqualified installer, the end product will be less than desirable.

Art Craft Display is well established as a leader in the trade show and convention industry. With offices in Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Detroit, Mich., the company continues to exceed customer expectations by providing outstanding services and expertise that has satisfied clients since 1958.

For wide-format shops, PRINTING United has a lot to offer. You’ll likely spend time with all of the usual vendors in the Sign & Graphics neighborhood. That said, however, it is in your best interest to branch out and explore what else the show has to offer.

As color quality and substrate versatility have improved, print providers have worked hard to study the interplay between colors and nontraditional substrates to help ensure consistency across campaigns and applications. However, just as important as those factors is one that is often overlooked: lighting.