Aimed at commercial, photo and inplant printers Kodak says its new NexPress SE Platform delivers the best digital colour production on the market for commercial, photo, and in-plant printers.

Auckland’s Pacific Lamination and Coatings (PLC) has announced that, along with Graphic Lamination and Coatings (GLC), all their UV coatings are now recyclable and biodegradable.

This year at Ipex Heidelberg will not be introducing any ground breaking new products, nor will it be announcing its re-entry into the digital printing market. That re-entry should be announced later this year. Instead Heidelberg will introduce a wide range of updates in the move to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of its products.

PrintNZ and Heidelberg have announced two courses taking place in March and April for people new to the industry and for those who have already displayed some abilities.

Experts are predicting a sizeable impact on the pulp industry following the 8.8 magnitude February 27 earthquake that has devastated much of Chile, with transport systems seriously disrupted, power supplies damaged and a rising death toll.

Pentawards organisers have announced the composition of an international jury, composed of designers and marketing specialists, to judge the packaging design competition, devoted to packaging design.

Despite tough competition from other printing technologies offset will still have strong representation at Ipex 2010, with around 150 lithographic technology companies taking up a third of the show’s 60,000sqm floor space.

Bobst has launched a new version of its Visionfoil press, specifically dedicated to security hologram application and designed to help brand owners make a clear difference between originals and forgeries and to protect assets by deterring counterfeiters.

HP says that its HP ElectroInk White, available worldwide this month, is the industry’s first white ink for sheetfed digital presses.

Allied Machinery Services says it expects the demand for personalised books to increase even further this year with the introduction of what it describes as relatively inexpensive Fastbind binding and cover making machines coming on to the market.