Regulating greenwashing

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

By Janet Preus While we appreciate efforts on behalf of our environment, nobody appreciates when a company spends more time and money claiming to be green than actually implementing green practices. As businesses and consumers get wind of this “greenwashing,” responsible companies will h…
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Firm adds VUTEk printer to production portfolio

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

EFI, Foster City, Calif., reports that Joseph Merritt & Company of Hartford, Conn., has added a VUTEk QS3200r 3.2 meter superwide roll-to-roll UV printer to its production portfolio. Prior to acquisition of the QS3200r, the shop had an all-solvent superwide format production platform. Joseph Mer…
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Museum features inkjet reproductions of portraits

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

Museum Schloss Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany, has an exhibition on the town’s historic textile industry, including a portrait series of important figures. Only one of the portraits is real; the rest are reproductions printed on Mediatex canvas, manufactured by Junkers & Müller…
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pHenceit offers outdoor advertising products

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

pHenceit offers outdoor advertising products for the construction industries, including digitally printable silt fence, and digitally printed shade cloth, PVC perforated vinyl, mesh, vinyl signage and billboard advertising. Visit www.infolink.com.au/c/pHence-it.
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Wall Film used on e-commerce web site

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division’s MPI 2601 Wall Film is used exclusively on the e-commerce web site www.whosyoursuperstar.com. Customers can upload their favorite photos and create wall-sized vinyl murals, printed by FLEET Decal & Graphics, Plymouth, Pa. MPI 2601…
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TruckSkin offers flexibility

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

TruckSkin is a patented, changeable “second skin” vinyl outerwear for truck bodies using vivid, four-color imaging. Unlike its “rolling billboard” predecessors, TruckSkin offers fleet owners the flexibility to add, remove or change the “skin” as often as they wish…
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Companies to give away free heatcutters

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc., Aurora, Ill., has teamed up with HSGM Inc., manufacturer of German-made heatcutters, to give away one hand-held heatcutter each month. The fabric finishing tool model HSG-0 has a retail value of $200. The heatcutter is perfect for finishing polyester fabrics, al…
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EPS introduces new product line

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

EPS-Doublet, Denver, Colo., a manufacturer of custom graphic banners, trade show displays and event signage, rolled out a new product line at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, including Pop-Up displays, expandable banner stands, fabric displays and tri-panel stands. Visit www.eps-doublet.com.
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Sawgrass and Mimaki enter license agreement

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

Sawgrass Technologies Inc., Charleston, S.C., and Mimaki Engineering Co. Ltd. of Japan have entered into a license agreement under which Mimaki will sell inks for sublimation imaging. Mimaki president Akira Ikeda says, “We intend to offer our own ink technology as a compliment to our printer s…
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Seiko I expands portfolio

March 1, 2009  |  Graphics

Seiko I Infotech (SIIT), San Diego, Calif., expanded its product portfolio for outdoor graphics. SIIT will not continue the original equipment manufacturer agreement with Hewlett-Packard to develop and market low solvent-based large-format printers for the outdoor graphics printing market. SIIT will…
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