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EPS-Doublet has acquired Denver’s Think Big Solutions.
Think Big Solutions will be incorporated into the existing EPS-Doublet print and manufacturing facilities located in northeast Denver.
The American Sign Museum will be hosting its annual Online Auction to benefit the Museum’s operating budget. Donations of products, equipment, gift certificates, and/or services are welcome for the 2013 Auction.
The Online Auction will open for bidding on Saturday, March 16 at noon PST and close on the last day of the ISA Sign Expo in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. PST on Saturday, April 6. Bidders will be able to bid on items at the American Sign Museum’s booth, #3321.
Two new style additions to the Northern Lights Printable Textile Collection are Sub-Suede and Universal Knit 400 FR.
Sub-Suede, a polyester suede, is compatible with both dye-sublimation transfer printing and dye-sublimation direct printing. Applications include display graphics, gaming-table covers, and more. Available in rolls, 59 in. x 150 ft.
At Heimtexil, the international trade fair for home and contract textiles held in Frankfurt, Germany this January, designer Karim Rashid (karimrashid.com) partnered with HP “to bring the possibilities of digital printing to life” in the HP Lounge. Rashid designed a lounge where everything – floor, furniture, and walls – was custom printed using HP Latex print technologies.
Roland DG Corp., parent company of US-based Roland DGA, has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility based in Bangkok, Thailand, for the company’s digital printing equipment. It is the company’s first manufacturing center located outside of Japan.
The Client: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
The Players: 42 Design Fab (www.42designfab.com), Go Graphix (www.go-graphix.com)
Tools & Supplies: HP Designjet L25500 printer, 3M Controltac IJ180-CV3 vinyl, R-Tape 5-mil overlaminate, Royal Sovereign laminator
Master Magnetics (www.magnetsource.com) showcased its FlexIron, a flexible, ferrous material that attracts magnets (flexible and ceramic). Both front and back surfaces attract magnets; it can be drilled or cut with scissors, knife, dye, or punch. Standard width is 24 in., but other sizes are available.
Mutoh America (www.mutoh.com) unveiled its ValueJet 2638, a 104-in. staggered dual-head eco-solvent printer. The ValueJet 2638 offers a top speed of 1168 sq ft/hr (at 360 x 360 dpi) and a maximum resolution of 1440 dpi; it’s available with 4 or 7 colors. Other features include: Intelligent Interweave (i²) print technology to eliminate banding; the ValueJet Status Monitor app for remote-printer monitoring; a ColorVerify process control system (ColorVerify Pro-capable).
Durst Image Technology (www.durstus.com) showcased a new ¾-automated media-handling configuration on its Rho 1000 printer. The latest media-handling option for the 98-in. Rho 1000 comprises a registration table for loading and a simpler stacker for off-loading; it’s a “middle ground” configuration between the manual and fully automatic options and is designed to bring more versatility to the high-production platform.
Agfa Graphics’ (www.agfa.com) Apogee StoreFront made its North American debut. The new, cloud-based ecommerce solution is designed to enable print service providers to set up online stores or “storefronts” (b2b and public) for printed as well as non-printed products.