Fujifilm launches ‘perfect’ printer

Fujifilm launches ‘perfect’ Acuity Ultra printer in India

The Fujifilm Acuity Ultra superwide UV roll-to-roll printer with solvent-free inks launches in India, taking print to the next level of quality and profitability.

> This UV-curable rollto-roll printer uses

Uvijet GS inks. > Provides increased size and quality to significantly boost the profitability of highend interior graphics production. > Fujifilm’s solvent-free and GREENGUARDcertified Uvijet inks meet some of the world’s most stringent emission standards. Fujifilm India has announced the Indian launch of its new superwide format system, the Acuity Ultra. This UV-curable roll-to-roll printer uses Uvijet GS inks, a solvent-free chemistry that is both fully emission compliant and GREENGUARD approved. Unlike anything currently available on the market, the Fujifilm Acuity Ultra provides increased size and quality to significantly boost the profitability of high-end interior graphics production. Built around Fujifilm’s solvent-free UV curable inkjet technologies, it offers near-photographic levels of image quality with tighter registration and higher production speeds, at a price that is set to shake up the superwide format marketplace. The Acuity Ultra represents the culmination of extensive market research to understand the needs of superwide format print producers and the challenges they face both today and tomorrow. Those same challenges, says Fujifilm India, are perfectly aligned with Indian PSPs looking to take their print business to the next level of quality and operational profitability. According to by S.M. Ramprasad, Executive Vice President at Fujifilm India, the Fujifilm Acuity Ultra is ‘the perfect next step for the Indian wide-format digital print professional’. Fujifilm Acuity Ultra - five key features: Performance & Profitability: Capable of print speeds up to 402 square metres per hour and offering unbeatable cost-in-use, the Acuity Ultra gives you the performance to profit from both interior and exterior applications with almost photographic print quality. Industrial Build Quality: Engineered for reliable print production, all day, every day, in any environment, the Acuity Ultra UV roll-to-roll is close to being the perfect superwide printer to meet the specific challenges of

UVijet inks offer an impressively low costin-use. Its high density colours and 3.5 picolitre drop size result in ink usage typically 20% lower than competing products.

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the Indian market.

Use Less Ink on Every Print: Developed in-house by Fujifilm specifically for the Acuity Ultra series, UVijet inks offer an impressively low cost-in-use. Its high density colours and 3.5 picolitre drop size result in ink usage typically 20% lower than competing products.

GREENGUARD Certification: Fujifilm’s solvent-free and GREENGUARD-certified Uvijet inks meet some of the world’s most stringent emission standards, resulting in a safe UV ink that will help you win more business from brands that are committed to their own environmental standards.

Security of a Global Brand: With a presence around the world and an engineering resource in every major city, a Fujifilm partnership gives you complete peace of mind. Fujifilm stands by our products and by our customers, every step of the way.

S.M. Ramprasad comments: “The Fujifilm Acuity series has long been known for its quality and reliability and, by adding this superwide model to the range, we are offering our Indian customers a big step up in quality and productivity. If you have any further questions or wish to request sample prints to examine the quality for yourself, you are invited to contact an Acuity Ultra printer expert at our Fujifilm India office.”

Gartex Texprocess India announces new dates for Delhi & Mumbai editions

New dates to ensure optimal revival of trade and provide additional time to exhibitors to plan their exhibits and product launches more effectively in the current environment.

With an objective to support the swift revival of the garment and textile industry, Gartex Texprocess India, the comprehensive exhibition on garment and textile manufacturing supply chain, is back with new dates for its Delhi and Mumbai editions. While the Delhi edition will take place from 17 – 19 December 2020 in Greater Noida, the Mumbai edition has been scheduled in March 2021.

Following detailed consultations with industry stakeholders, organisers - MEX Exhibitions and Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India, have announced new dates for both editions. The New Delhi edition was originally scheduled in August 2020 and will now be in December 2020 at India Expo Mart (IEML) in Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR. The Mumbai edition will take place in March, 2021 at Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai.

The organisers believe that the new dates will ensure optimal revival of trade and provide additional time to exhibitors to plan their exhibits and product launches more effectively in the current environment. The decision which was taken on the basis of feedback from exhibitors, partners and industry associations, also aims to ensure that the event serves its objectives of business, knowledge and tech-exchange in a more meaningful way when the entire textile fraternity can come together.

Exhibitions are a crucial tool to revive businesses and boost economy. Networking in a safe and controlled environment is an effective way for industries to get back on track, especially for the garment and textile industry that sees Gartex Texprocess as an indispensable channel for marketing, showcasing innovations and forging valuable partnerships in the long run.

Gartex Texprocess India is a trusted industry platform offering immersive experience to both exhibitors and visitors and has

transformed the way stakeholders operate in garment & textile machinery industry. The key business event comes packed with the experience and expertise of two major exhibition organisers and draws thousands of quality visitors in every edition. The threeday fair provides a holistic experience to participants not just by way of an extensive display of exhibits, but also through a series of seminars and workshops aimed at facilitating dialogue that highlight on-going trends, opportunities and challenges for the business of textiles. Prominent highlights of the show include Denim Show, Embroidery Zone, Garmenting & Apparel Machinery Zone, Digitex Show, India Laundry Show and Fabrics & Trims Show.

Between now and its opening in December 2020, the organisers aim to continue to keep the industry connected through its webinar series to draw focus on sustainable measures and support the sector during its recovery phase.

Colorjet launches attractively printed Oxyvent Face Filters to encourage use

Colorjet has earmarked an initial investment of 25 million INR for the venture and is aiming at Printing 100,000 filters a day.

Responding to the need in the market and to motivate more people into wearing the face gear, Colorjet Group has launched Oxyvent, a designer face filter with creative prints. As the masks become a necessity, the need to give the industry a new shape by making it fashionable and appealing to the masses forms the core of this new venture.

The face filters are unique adhering to safety standards and come with creative design prints to encourage more people into wearing them. The products include Multilayer Safety masks made up with 100% Cotton with 120 TC and melt blown material with moisture control anti-bacterial finish achieving a strict 95% Bacterial Filtration Efficiency(BFE). The designs are digitally printed on the fabric with Oekotex Approved Inks making the masks fit for human use and ecologically compliant.

At the Launch of Oxyvent Face Filters Mr. M S Dadu, Managing Director Colorjet Group said,” The vision to create a cloth based protection filter which provides superior filtration, yet being highly breathable was key to the innovation. As masks would become the essentials in the coming days, a fashionable yet fully functional air filtering mask is the need of the hour. We have conceptualized a hand crafted fashionable necessity that provides safety while encouraging the fashion it has yet to set. Committing to our core design values of being Economic, Efficient and Ecological, we are using our own renowned International Digital Textile Print technology. “

Colorjet has earmarked an initial investment of 25 million INR for the venture and is aiming at Printing 100,000 filters a day. The company has installed Direct to Fabric, Dye Sublimation, Direct to Garment and Laser Cutting & Finishing machines native to the group and in partnership with Japanese Technology for the project.

To bring in international designs and styles to life, Oxyvent has collaborated with renowned Web-2-Print workflow solution provided by Early Vision from Israel. “For mass customization of our designer face filters we needed an end to end workflow solution for our manufacturing. To achieve this we have collaborated with Guy Alroy of Early Vision as our pattern cutting solution provider because of its intuitive, easy-to-use tools and functionalities. Its insight into implementing Early Vision down the road, to enable efficient

workflows for mass customization and ondemand manufacturing makes it the best in the industry. It will also minimize errors in communication with our partners, hence, saving time and costs.” added Mr. Smarth Bansal – DGM Product & Brand – ColorJet.

For the print designs, the company has partnered with Emma Tranchini, a renowned Italian fashion designer and Niti Singhal, the native couturier of the New York Fashion Week fame where she displayed her range of apparels that were digitally printed on a Colorjet Textile Printers.

Oxyvent is also attempting at bringing its designer masks into corporate culture and has tied up with several leading brands in the market to customize the masks as per their branding needs. The whole range of products comes for men, women and kids, and can be explored at the Oxyvent website.

Fujifilm inspires Indian PSPs with free Acuity book

Releases 92 pages of inspiration, application ideas and technical intelligence – the new guide to Fujifilm Acuity for Print service providers.

Fujifilm India has released a 92-page book packed with inspiration and motivation for print service providers considering their next move. The expansive guide focuses on the Fujifilm Acuity flatbed printer series - a natural and versatile choice for forward-thinking businesses.

Available to download free of charge, with hard copies distributed on request, the book begins by outlining the technical advancements of the Acuity followed by an inspirational insight into potential applications together with real-life customer case studies. It looks at the market for high-quality sign and display work - such as safety and social distancing signage where demand is currently increasing - while also exploring the profitable vertical markets of interior decor, metal decoration, packaging prototypes, membrane switch graphic overlays, thermoformed plastics and creative effects.

Not only is it increasingly important for PSPs to consider diversification into new markets like these, it can be an exciting proposition thanks to the versatility offered by digital inkjet technology and inks. Compared to screen and litho printing, digital inkjet delivers an equivalent level of output quality with superior ease-of-use and flexibility. Acuity users may also discover environmental benefits over other technologies thanks to the system’s extensive material compatibility.

S.M. Ramprasad, Executive Vice President at Fujifilm India Pvt. Ltd, comments: “We are all of course familiar with printing for retail display and exhibitions, but as those markets are in a period of emergency, the forwardthinking PSP needs to look beyond their regular everyday print production and explore new opportunities.

“Sustainability is another important consideration for PSPs. For example, the Fujifilm Acuity is ideal for the production of polyethylene banners and polypropylene as a PVC alternative, which will be an increasing requirement for big brands wishing to go PVC-free as part of their own environmental initiatives.” particular the impressive hard copy edition – will provide valuable information and ideas for customers as much as for PSPs.

Ramprasad summarises: “Serving both as a visual guide full of application images and ideas, and also as a more detailed technical resource, the Acuity book is a great source of inspiration. Not only for you as a printer, but for your customers who might themselves be looking for new ways in which digital print might open new opportunities, greener production or cost-effective options. The Fujifilm Acuity book is incredibly useful and informative, and we’d like all of our customers to make sure they download a copy and keep it at hand as a resource.”

The 92-page Acuity book is available for free download at the company website. Hardcopy versions are available by request from Fujifilm.