The FESPA Global Print Expo came to Berlin with lots of new products and options for Agfa to show the world. Agfa highlighted additional possibilities for the current product lines, new products, and spectacular options.
Mike Horsten
Agfa – with a 150+ year history in imaging technology, and experience in printing technology in particular – has a pertinent story to tell to the surfaces industry. At TISE, it will present its digital printing solution for laminate surfaces.
For business owners and production managers from across the printing spectrum, new technologies can serve as idea factories. Whether the core areas addressed by companies in the functional/industrial segment are in printed electronics, manufacturing, décor, or medical, the promise of new printing platforms, new inks, or other systems and technologies can be mind-boggling. But moving from the idea factory to a real-life production environment requires consideration and strategy.
In recent years, opportunities in backlit signage and silicon edge graphics (SEG) have exploded due to advancements in the necessary inks, equipment, and substrates and increasing creativity applications for the format. Is this upward trajectory set to continue?