Consumables

Lithuanian manufacturer Veika is set to unveil additions to its Decojet product range next year.

Heidelberg’s Drupa exhibit will focus on customer demands caused by the industrialisation of printing, under the banner theme of ‘Simply Smart’.

Brett Martin hopes to exploit the continued growth of the signage market by entering a distribution deal with wide-format substrate supplier Europoint.

Finnish manufacturer Stafix has expanded its Grip range of adhesive films to try and help users trim production costs.

Flint Group Flexographic Products has launched a new water-washable film-based letterpress plate.

Hexis UK has announced the UK launch of a range of premium polymeric coloured sign vinyl that comes in more than 100 hues.

Heat-reactive ink, which reveals hidden images when warmed, has been used to enhance the front cover of the latest issue of Future Publishing’s graphic design magazine Computer Arts.

Flint Group has agreed to acquire the majority shareholder of Xeikon, XBC BV, and use the press and consumables manufacturer as the basis of a new digital division.

Druckfarben, which relocated its blanket department to Corby, Northamptonshire, three months ago, has expanded again with an investment totalling around £500,000

Hampton Printing has gone chemistry-free as part of an investment of nearly £600,000 that also included a new Ricoh digital press.