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Amplify Print Event Highlights Ways to Make Printed Materials Stand Out

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Amplify Print, the print finishing and embellishment event, will take place June 10-12 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois. Amplify Print features 3 days of education about processes, software, and design techniques that can make printed materials more tactile and eye-catching. Designers, brand marketers, and production professionals can learn how to add spot varnishes, metallic foils, …

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Roll-to-Roll Process for Creating Flexible Printed Electronics in Healthcare

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Linxens Health experts will be speaking and exhibiting at the TechBlick event: The Future of Electronics Reshaped June 11-12. 2025 in Boston, MA. Linxens submitted this post which explains why the roll-to-roll printing process is poised to transform the creation of flexible printed electronics in healthcare. By Sabine KacedHealthcare Field Marketing ManagerLinxens The healthcare industry is experiencing a revolution, driven …

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SPI 2025: Where Screen Printing Meets the Future

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Screen printing has evolved well beyond graphics printing. With its precision, durability, and design freedom, screen printing is redefining what is possible in manufactured products. The European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association (ESMA) describes screen printing as an innovation driver for industrial manufacturing worldwide. To show how screen printing is powering innovation, ESMA will host Screen Print Innovations, a new conference …

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Sign Expo Surprises

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At ISA International Sign Expo 2025, I looked forward to seeing the latest advances in printing and finishing equipment. But one of the joys of attending trade shows is discovering under-the-radar surprises. Here are a few things that caught my attention. PVC-Free Adhesive Materials A few days before ISA Sign Expo opened, I submitted an article to Wide-Format Impressions about …

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Meet Creators of Branded Environments and Wayfinding Signage at ISA Sign Expo

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The Society for Experiential Design (SEGD) will hold two full-day educational programs concurrently with the 2025 International Sign Expo, April 23-25 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The SEGD is a community of graphic and exhibition designers, fabricators, architects, media developers, creative technologists, teachers and students who design experiences that connect people to places. The co-located …

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Organizers of drupa 2028 Announce Shortened Event

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To meet the changing preferences of drupa attendees, the 2028 drupa global trade fair for printing technologies will be two days shorter than the drupa 2024 was. The 2024 edition of the drupa trade fair for printing technologies ran 11 days from May 28 to June 7 and attracted visitors from 173 counties to displays in 18 exhibition halls in …

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PrintSmart Summit Provides Deep Dive into Artificial Intelligence

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Print-business leaders who want to learn more the implications of AI for the print industry may be interested in the line-up of presentations planned for the PrintSmart Summit 2024 on Tuesday, May 7 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland. The PrintSmart Summit is being held in conjunction with two other events: Americas Print Show 2024 (May 8-9) and the …

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2024 Drupa Preview: 11-Day Global Trade Fair for Print Technologies Starts May 28

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The printing industry is alive and changing. Commercial print-service providers have used digital printing technologies to forge new business models and develop new products and services to replace the declining demand for high volumes of printed magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and marketing collateral. Some printing firms are bringing new interactive-print capabilities to omnichannel marketing or getting into industrial segments such as …

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Nine Macrotrends Affecting Printing Businesses in 2024

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In a keynote presentation at the 2023 Printing United Expo, Lisa Cross, Principal Analyst at NAPCO Research, discussed 9 printing-industry macrotrends culled from recent NAPCO surveys of commercial print businesses, sign and display graphic companies, and print buyers and influencers. Some of the trends Cross highlighted included: Below is a quick summary of key points. To see more specifics, click …

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PRINTING United Expo 2022 Exceeds Expectations

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PRINTING United Expo 2022, Oct. 19-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, was the largest live event in the graphic arts and printing industry since 2019. The expo drew registrants from 121 countries and was deemed a success by attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and partners. “I’ve truly never seen this amount of engagement from a show.” said Mark J. Subers, president, …

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