The new school year for many students wont begin until mid to late August, but for ACCO Brands Corp. the back-to-school season is nearing the finish line. The Alexandria, PA operation manufactures and distributes over 100 million academic and office products annually, including different size covers for FIVE STAR notebooks.
Just one year after drupa, Highcon has selected the Dscoop EMEA conference at Lyon to launch a major productivity boost for the Highcon Euclid. The newly introduced capability dramatically increases the effective speed of the Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machines by up to 40% for a B2 sheet size, reaching speeds of up to 2,750 sheets per hour. Highcon customers have already proven the productivity of the new boost function on their Highcon Euclid machines, which allows them to perform more jobs on the machine per day, with increased profitability.
Bike Ahead is a premier supplier of bicycle parts made from carbon fiber. Established in 2012, this young enterprise has relied from the start on state-of-the-art digital cutting equipment from Swiss manufacturer Zünd. The precision and reliability of the Zünd G3 are one of the reasons Bike Ahead has been competing successfully against suppliers in the Far East. (Text: Zünd Systemtechnik AG, Images: Bike Ahead)
Zünd takes stock of a very successful Interzum 2017. The Swiss manufacturer specializing in modular high-performance cutting systems presented its latest cutting technologies for leather and textiles at the show in Cologne. With the new Zünd D3 cutter with projection system and state-of-the-art nesting program, Zünd exhibited a turnkey solution designed for ultimate productivity.
Color-Logic–the leader in metallic color communication and decorative effects–has partnered with Vivid Laminating Technologies–the leading European manufacturer of laminating equipment. As a result of the partnership, any color digital printer can now produce 250 different metallic colors from a single roll of foil, using the Color-Logic Design Suite and the award-winning Vivid Matrix Digital Foiling and Laminating System. Vivid offers both silver and rainbow holographic foils for this purpose.
Live demonstrations of the Ultra Pro Digital Enhancement Press with Foil Station throughout the show
2017 is an award winning year for Highcon. During the past months, three prestigious awards have been granted to the company that clearly demonstrate the realization of the companys vision of bridging the gap between design creativity and production capability.
