The uptake and popularity of UV-LED curing ink has been increasing over the past decade to a point where we can now say it is the ink of the moment. Businesses specializing in inkjet, screen, and narrow-web printing have embraced LED (light emitting diode) curing technology for its lifecycle cost, environmental, and versatility benefits compared to mercury lamps can, and have, created outstanding graphics and displays as a result.

Print providers are constantly having to walk a narrow tightrope when it comes to pursuing new opportunities, new applications, and new market segments. Which possibilities do you pursue, and which do you not? Do you allow what seems to be a “hot” market segment to pass you by – or do you take a chance on it, and perhaps have to let something you currently pursue fall by the wayside? And when do you make those decisions?

Nazdar's UV-LED inks have been specifically formulated to cure at 395 nanometers (nm). In general, UV-LED systems have a tolerance range of +/-5 nm and an nm output curve that is relatively narrow but spans approximately +/- 15 nm. The initiators selected for UV-LED inks target this range, but are also reactive outside this range. This means that UV-LED inks should be reactive to both UV-LED and mercury vapor curing systems. This may vary to some degree depending on the specific ink's color and pigment load.

InPrint Show’s newest survey polled 162 industrial printers around the world for a report focused on the potential of inkjet technology for the packaging market. When asked what sectors offer “the most immediate prospects for industrial print,” 74 percent of respondents pointed to packaging – up nearly 14 percent from last year’s survey. Décor was the second-most chosen response at 54 percent; functional print drew 33 percent of respondents.

Anticipated growth for industrial, digital inkjet print technology for production in functional, decorative and packaging printing sectors remains strong and buoyant, according to a new survey and report produced by I.T. Strategies for InPrint USA: The Industrial Print Show. 74% of survey respondents felt that the packaging sector has the greatest amount of expected growth in 2017.

Ahead of the InPrint USA Show 25-27 April in Orlando, The Industrial Print Blog flagged up 20 facts about industrial printing. 

Throughout 2016 InPrint Show ran a number of surveys, panels and seminar sessions with the aim of sharing insightwith the inkjet and manufacturing community to promote growth in industrial printing.

What is clear from all of the information, the speed of growth within industrial printing is fast outpacing other traditional print segments. For example, results from the recent InPrint Décor Survey suggest that growth is expected to be well over 10% with many (nearly 40%) believing growth to be in excess of 15% per annum. The industry is busy and buoyant, however there remains challenges for technology and commercial development, because where there is growth, there are bound to be growing pains

Stockport, UK - Nazdar Ink Technologies says InPrint 2016 demonstrated the development of inkjet printing technology as visitors 'came with more answers than questions'. 

Held in Milan's MiCo from November 15th to 17th 2016, InPrint was an opportunity for ink expert Nazdar to spend time with existing partners – who range from OEMs to technology enablers specialising in print heads, software, RIPs and ink supply systems – and to discuss potential projects with new contacts. 

It was also a chance to check on the health of the industrial printing market, for which Nazdar develops industrial, screen, flexo and digital inks. According to Keith Nixon, Sales Director (EMEA) for Nazdar Ink Technologies, InPrint has been a barometer for the evolution and adoption of inkjet inks in particular.

Nearly 15 years ago, York Wallcoverings began integrating digital technologies and processes into its manufacturing mix. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, the company has been producing wallcoverings since 1895. In fact, York is the country’s oldest and largest wallpaper manufacturer, as it proudly states on its website. You can find its products – which include an array of wallcoverings that incorporate specialty materials such as embroidery, flocked fibers and even Swarovski crystals – in retailers and e-tailers throughout the US and in more than 80 other countries.