Consumables

Gravure inks, in comparison to offset inks, are a lot less viscous. The gravure printing process requires liquid ink, which fills the cells of the printing cylinders at a high speed. To keep the...

Arets Graphics is to further expand its sales team with the appointment of Adrian Taylor as technical sales representative.

Three former Sun Chemical employees, including former Sun Chemical Gibbon managing director Graham Frost, have set up their own inks and coatings venture, Inks Coating European (ICE).

Scottish-firm Marott Graphic Services has launched a protection fluid aimed directly at the printing industry.

Wyndeham Grange factory co-ordinator Andy Walker loves the forgiving nature and lack of waste produced by this vegetable-based ink process

Sun Chemical has announced plans to launch a raft of new inks and other products in the run-up to Fespa 2007.

Consumables giant Flint Group has bought Day International, the manufacturer and supplier of printing blankets and sleeves.

Without upheaval, platesetting at Wimbledon-based printer Purbrooks is now faster and more eco-friendly, says its managing director, Jan Prokop

As sheetfed offset presses have become faster over the past decade, the general consensus is that the technology has reached peak productivity levels: there are no big speed increases to come.

Sun Chemical has unveiled a best practice guide for low-migration printing with UV curing or conventional offset inks.