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Printed interior decoration ideas
November 1st, 2010
By Janet Preus In the final stages of planning a house, I have novel ideas about how to have a cool, unique and economical interior. Printed fabric figures prominently in these drifty musings. Fabric provides compelling solutions for me—and for print shops to offer their customers. Here are some ideas to consider: Sandwich printed fabric […]
Direct Disperse fabrics
November 1st, 2010
Fisher Textiles DD 9374 Tri Poly (FR), from the Direct Disperse fabric line for direct dye-sublimation printing, is a 100-percent polyester, 7.5-ounce three-layered woven fabric that is 122 inches wide. Applications include backlit, POP/banners, roll-up-banner stands and trade show exhibits. DD 9374 passes NFPA 701 and California Administrative Code Title 19-Public Safety, Section 1237 flame […]
Anchor Industries invests in large-format
November 1st, 2010
By Kelly Frush Anchor Industries has come a long way since it was a small riverboat supplier on the Ohio River. Founded in 1892, it now manufactures fabric products and structures for the industrial, rental and recreational markets. In the early 1970s, Anchor created its graphics division. “In the early years, hand-painting on vinyl tent […]
Moss wins design award
November 1st, 2010
Moss Inc.’s EZ Fabric Wall System, launched in September 2009, won a Product Design Award from EXHIBITOR Magazine. The lightweight, modular wall system is designed for fabric graphics. The EXHIBITOR Magazine Product Design Award judges chose the EZ Fabric Wall System for its contemporary look, versatility and practicality. EXHIBITOR Magazine’s Product Design Awards were announced […]
Aurora launches new website
November 1st, 2010
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc. launched a new website dedicated to its line of printable fabrics and canvas. The new site features easy-to-navigate buttons, application suggestions, data sheets and fire certificates. Visit www.auroranorthernlights.com or www.auroratextile.com.
Ultraflex debuts Descor website
November 1st, 2010
Ultraflex Systems Inc. launched a new website exclusively for Descor, a textile used primarily for decorative wall and ceiling applications. The Descor website is linked through the Ultraflex home page and includes material descriptions and specifications, galleries of applications, installation services and an image library. Visit www.ultraflexx.com and click the Descor link.
American Ink Jet opens online store
November 1st, 2010
American Ink Jet Corporation (AIJC) opened its new online store at http://store.americaninkjet.com. AIJC offers its cartridges and bulk inks for use in HP, Canon and Epson printers. All cartridges are filled with inks manufactured by AIJC at its facilities in Billerica, Mass. All of AIJC’s inks and cartridges are designed to be “plug and play” […]
Multi-ink platform fabric
November 1st, 2010
By Tim Greene One of the important trends we’re seeing in the wide format digital printing market is the development of materials that are digitally printable using a variety of ink platforms. One of the coolest multi-ink platform media products I have seen recently is a product called PhotoFab Ultra by Perception from DigitalSource1. PhotoFab […]
Moisture-resistant board from DaVinci
November 1st, 2010
Enviroboard MR from DaVinci Technologies is a rigid, moisture-resistant, muti-ply board for flatbed UV printing. Enviroboard can be printed on both sides and is suitable for indoor POP displays, upright sign and hanging sign applications. Enviroboard is made with 10-percent post consumer waste, is 100-percent recyclable and is FSC-certified. SOURCE DaVinci Technologies
Gerber Scientific launches web portal
November 1st, 2010
Gerber Scientific Products launched a new Applications, Materials & Substrates web portal at www.gspinc.com/applications. The website provides raw results in the form of data sheets that report results on material profiling, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, outdoor durability and adhesion resistance. In addition, the website provides application notes to educate customers in how to use materials […]