By Digital Output Staff
The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s (SGIA’s) annual SGIA Expo is set for October 10 to 12, 2017 in New Orleans, LA. Located at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the event is home to over 570 expected exhibitors. These vendors will be showcasing their latest products and solutions in garment decorating, wide format signage, package and prototype print, and industrial printing.
Above: JetView UV Chalkboard Film from Tekra is on display in booth 2711.
On the Floor
Here, we share product information from some of the companies exhibiting at the SGIA Expo. A second preview appears in our October issue with additional vendors and their plans.
4over, booth 663, highlights its web to print solution, PrinterBridge, which provides customers with an expanded library of print products and services through a customizable online storefront. Site features include EDDM Full Service, an online design tool and the ability to create sales representative profiles for easier reporting, tracking, and staff organization. With PrinterBridge, users configure the product options, control the markups, and take the next step in streamlining a company’s growth.
Agfa Graphics, booth 1929, promotes its hybrid Jeti Tauro LED, a six color plus white or primer system, featuring advanced automation and high productivity, up to 2,960 square feet per hour. With an integrated roll-to-roll system, the Jeti Tauro LED offers continuous feeding of rigid and flexible media up to 100 inches wide. With eco-friendly UV LED curing, the Jeti Tauro LED uses Agfa’s specially formulated UV LED inks to print on heat-sensitive substrates for increased application possibilities.
Aleyant and Ultimate TechnoGraphics, booth 2719, jointly feature Automation Hub. Learn how the end-to-end workflow automation solution—consisting of Ultimate TechnoGraphics’ Imposition, and Aleyant’s Pressero Web-to-Print, eDocBuilder online designer and variable data printing, PrintJobManager MIS/ERP, and tFLOW prepress automation—can help save time, cost, and improve overall productivity.
Alliance Technology Corporation, booth 2101, showcases two new UV coating machines. The ATC-80RTR roll-to-roll UV coating system is designed for precision mayer rod UV liquid coating. The ATC-UV80RTR caters to fleet graphics, wallpaper, and other roll applications. The ATC-UV36HA UV coating system provides a sheet-fed UV liquid coating solution that produces a high-quality UV coating finish on a variety of inks and substrates up to one-inch thick.
Aurora, booth 1059, adds Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor Canvas to its comprehensive, state-of-the-art, printable textiles Expressions Canvas Line, which is available in four gloss levels and customizable widths up to 122 inches. Treated with Aurora’s proprietary Expressions coating technology, the full line is optimized for outstanding print performance across a range of today’s latest digital printers, including latex, UV, and solvent, and reduces printing passes without sacrificing color quality.
Caldera, booth 345, offers StreamLive—an easy-to-use software as a service application that allows users to create the ideal production process, track jobs in real time, and automate most time-consuming tasks. The entry-level product includes a range of features. StreamLive is cloud-based and allows users to create customer job sheets, submit files to software workflow, connect with Caldera RIP, and automate email reporting. The functionality of this scalable software suite is extended with a range of bolt-on options—allowing it to be tailored to specific needs while controlling costs. The options include a calendar-based planning module, custom document generation, preflight, and connections to a range of popular software packages.
CET Color, booth 119, showcases its 5×10-inch cutter, the Andes. This cutter produces high-quality results consistently and efficiently. It features a conveyor system for ease of material removal and increased productivity. The vision registration system and camera are included. Custom configuration options are also available. Tools included with this model are the oscillating cutter, creasing wheel, kiss-cut, drag knife, V-cut, and the router tool.
Chemica US, booth 3145, manufactures heat transfer films for both plotters and printers. For plotters, the HotMark Revolution is a thin and stretchy HTV that can be applied to cotton, polyester, or nylon. Additionally, Galaxy glitter is layerable and stretchy. HotMarkPrint is a thin, stretchy, and soft opaque printable film.
Continental Grafix USA, booth 3641, exhibits CourtWrap, a polyester/vinyl film with a proprietary, long-term repositionable/removable adhesive. It is designed for indoor sporting hall floors and other smooth, flat surfaces, such as painted metal, glass, tile, sealed concrete, sealed wood, and polished marble. It is compatible with solvent, eco-solvent, UV-curable, and latex inks. ASTM D-2047 certified when used with CourtWrap Protect laminate.
DGI, booth 2845, launches a new expanded color model for the FT-1608/FT-1908 series. The latest model is available with six and eight color options, with existing CMYK, orange, blue, light cyan, and light magenta for those customers wanting to expand their color gamut. Fluorescent yellow and magenta are available for variety of colors on special textile applications. The 126-inch soft signage printer FT-3204X and 74-inch high-speed dye-sublimation printer HS FT II are also displayed.
Drytac, booth 3325, encourages attendees to meet brand champions SpotOn, ReTac, and ViziPrint. Easy to install, bubble free, and predictable removability are key features of these new lines of self-adhesive print media for window, walls, and floors. Visit during the show to chat with seasoned product experts and to experience hands-on demonstrations.
E.L. Hatton, booth 3504, celebrates sign making history with a Banner Ups banner reaching 108 miles per hour in a wind tunnel test thanks to Banner Ups new improved MegaTape and Clear PowerTape. Other new products include KederTape no sew adhesive keder, TexTape textile hem tape, and PoleTape PRO, no-sew, no-weld seam tape.
Epson, booth 1301, demonstrates its full lineup of digital imaging solutions, including the SureColor S-Series 64-inch roll-to-roll solvent printers. The S-Series redefines image quality expectations in the signage market, producing high-quality, sellable output at impressive production speeds. In addition, the UltraChrome GS3 inks utilized in the printers allow for same-day lamination—only six hours after completing a print job—providing increased revenue opportunities by enabling sign shop owners to complete same-day project delivery.
Esko, booth 1321, focuses on finishing automation, including robotic loading and unloading cutting tables for non-stop finishing production, and board feeder solutions for automated loading of board materials. Esko’s industrial, automated robotic production system is connected to the Esko Kongsberg C24 equipped with a multi-zone capability and delivers up to 80 percent greater output.
Expolinc, booth 2808, features Magnet Frame. It is a double-sided frame for rollable, easily transported graphic panels. The graphic is mounted securely in seconds through magnetic force. No tools or specialize labor needed for installation. The discreet, timeless design aluminum frame comes with a lifetime warranty. Backlit and wall hanging options are also available.
Foster, booth 3527, shows lifters that simplify workflow and make the shop safer for employees. If you handle rolls of print media, fabric, flooring, or any other roll material, Foster has an On-a-Roll Lifter for the job. Also shown is a complete line of Keencut and Rotatrim precision cutters and trimmers for wide format, signmaking, display graphics, and fabric production.
Gans, booth 561, displays XBASE. It is a proprietary new material that makes your wall, window, or board a bubble-free installation area with the ultra-removability of any permanent vinyl. No longer do you have to pay for specialty adhesives or expensive magnetic-receptive media. Print your standard permanent non-bubble-free adhesive vinyl and apply it to your XBASE wall, window, or board.
GBC/SEAL, booth 2619, encourages visitors to check out a leader in quality, versatility, and value. The SEAL 62 Base 61-inch top heat assist laminator with auto grip shafts, two-inch nip, and optional roll to roll is ideal for shops looking to produce everything from outdoor signage to car wraps. The 65-inch SEAL 65 Pro MD thermal laminator is also displayed. Using cutting edge technology, this machine offers bi-directional operation, pneumonic pressure, and a two-inch nip. From GBC, the Spire III 44T thermal laminator is on display with auto grip shafts.
GCC, booth 2419, demonstrates its latest laser and UV inkjet machines. Stop by to learn more about its quality laser engravers, cutting plotters, and UV inkjet printers, as well as upcoming products releasing soon.
GPA, booth 1062, offers its growing collection for wide format presses. New products include Metalized Styrene, substrates that look like thick metal sheets without the added weight, ideal for creating high-end signage and point of purchase displays. GPA also showcases Bantex Banner Media to provide eye-catching banner solutions that make a lasting impact. Other new and value-added substrates are on display to help attendees explore exciting and profitable opportunities.
Graphtec America, Inc., booth 3233, is a leader in cutting and finishing solutions for signage, apparel, label, and prototype packaging. A new automatic sheet feeding system is demonstrated in addition to the FC Series roll-fed cutting plotters, CE series, and versatile FCX2000 flatbed.
GSG, booth 445/545, promotes the new HP Latex 335 Print & Cut Solution. This new solution from HP allows for printing and cutting simultaneously, saving time and money. In addition, GSG also demonstrates the powerful HP L560 and HP FB750 printers.
ImageOne Impact, booth 2739, specializes in sign and graphics tools and hardware. It offers live demonstrations and hands-on training of the P.O.D. Pressure On Demand Steamer system for the application and removal of all vehicle films including vehicle wraps, window tint, PPF films, transit films, and even sign vinyl. Distributorships are available.
INX International Ink Co., booth 1919, advises show attendees to find value with new and advanced Triangle alternative inks. They match nearly every OEM printer and printhead type for UV-curable, solvent, or aqueous inks, bulk delivery systems, and liquid laminates. Prodigy industrial and packaging application inks are a terrific solution for digitally printed plastics, textile, and home decor. INX also offers direct-to-object printing via the INX CP100 UV digital cylindrical printer and custom integration services through Evolve Advanced Digital Solutions.
LexJet, booth 745, features a number of innovative products revolutionizing wide format. Products such as latex-compatible EnduraFab textiles, LexJet Premium WallPro wall murals, LexJet Simple Grip Backlit décor items, and ChromoLuxe metal photo panels are showcased along with printer technologies from Canon, Epson, and HP.
Mactac, booth 3249, offers hands-on demonstrations. It challenges visitors put its anti-graffiti films to the test and be a chalk artist with its life-size Mactac wallCHALKER wall. Also, join them for a first look at the newest products making their debut at this year’s show, including PERMACOLOR Anti-Graffiti and Window Protection Films, IMAGin WindowVIEW Cling, PERMACOLOR FloorGRIP, PERMACOLOR ColorTrans, MACtransfer, and REBEL X-treme.
Massivit 3D, booth 2279, demonstrates how large format print providers can secure greater business opportunities and enhance their competitive edge by seamlessly integrating its flagship Massivit 1800 3D printer within their operations. Via a keynote presentation, visitors discover how early adopters of the technology are elevating sign and display applications to a new dimension with maximum visual impact.
Miller Weldmaster, booth 2909, showcases its 112 Extreme for long signs and aligning images, the T300 Extreme Edge for high-speed banner finishing, the T3 Extreme for any size business, the Digitran for sewing silicone edge graphics, and the new T2 Extreme—a simple and robust table mounted hot air welder specialized for small jobs.
Mimaki USA, booth 1231, exhibits the Mimaki 3D printer, which offers an unprecedented printing experience with the ability to produce objects with high definition, fine detail, and in full color. Because of Mimaki’s extensive experience in inkjet printing and based on a patented process, the printer uses a full-color UV LE cure method with more than ten million possible color combinations for photorealistic output. Clear ink creates translucent objects. The water-soluble support material is easy to remove, maintaining fine details.
Mohawk, booth 1026, shares its expanded Mohawk Wide Format portfolio. It features over 80 different products engineered for vibrant color and durable print quality across a range of applications and ink types, and now includes products for dye-sublimation inks. Visit to see samples and get more information on Mohawk’s new metallic-faced adhesives, floor display media, and Strathmore Pure Cotton papers for fine art reproduction.
Mutoh, booth 2545, unveils a new 4×8-foot UV LED flatbed printer. Along with the newest printer, it showcases the most popular wide format ValueJets in the company’s lineup including the new ultra-fast VJ 1948WX, a four printhead dye-sublimation printer and the new 626UF tabletop UV printer that prints up to 5.9 inches thick and features an optional rotary attachment.
Newlife Magnetics LLC and SCITOP-USA LLC, booth 3049, introduce new products. Newlife debuts the next generation of car sign magnet materials, Miracle-Mag. This new material uses two technologies to create a super-strong holding force. SCITOP-USA LLC introduces its new Wall Lizard post-up materials. This printable media uses a new technology to enable the material to adhere to most walls, windows, and other surfaces.
Novus Imaging, booth 1011, a new division of The M&R Companies, demonstrates ULTRA UV LED flatbed digital printers that are designed and made in the U.S. The ULTRA models are compatible with a range of substrates and deliver uncompromising print speed, exceptional image quality, flawless adhesion, and low cure temperatures for ultra-thin substrates. Dynamic variable drop technology to print greyscale saves on ink consumption while delivering flawless skin tones, smoother tonal transitions, and crisp, clear text.
OCP, booth 4316, conveys stability, composition, and consistency. These values are the three major components of the company’s success. The fundamental features underline the goals of its entire team. OCP’s inkjet inks provide high-quality ink solutions for piezoelectric drop-on-demand textile printing.
Onyx Graphics, booth 2435, focuses on ONYX Hub, a business intelligence tool with a browser-based dashboard that provides easy-to-understand data across an entire site for better business decisions. It collects data by job, station, and printer, presented in real-time, for immediate visibility into a production environment. With up-to-the-minute and historic ink usage and media waste reporting, better understand costs, improve profitability, and diagnose areas to increase efficiency.
Orbus, booth 3451, teaches attendees about the largest range of exhibit and display products. Learn more about how Orbus doubled its display graphic print capability and how this positively impacts you.
Pacific Coast Fabrics (PCF), booth 2445, now part of Top Value Fabrics, offers a complete line of premium digital textiles for soft signage, performance and contemporary apparel, and home furnishings. In addition to showcasing fabrics from Europe’s largest digital warp knit manufacturer, Georg+Otto Friedrich, PCF premieres innovative technical contemporary fashion fabrics and unveils a line of luxurious upholstery weight textiles for home furnishings.
Packsize International, booth 2809, enables specialty printers to produce smarter packaging for a healthy planet that increases the bottom line and reduces cost, improves production and shipping capabilities, and reduces damage all while improving the environmental footprint. It does this through its robust EM Series machines, EM7 and EM9.
PrintFactory powered by GMG, booth 263, highlights how to save 20 percent ink and even more preparation time by seamlessly integrating GMG color management in the workflow. PrintFactory unveils three new products; a cloud-based RIP and wide format print automation platform, PrintFactory for Ceramics, and PrintFactory for Textile.
Quality Media & Laminating Solutions, booth 3345, showcases the Kala Mistral 1650 65-inch waste-free laminator. Kala provides a high level of excellence in finishing operations, reduces wasted materials during set up, and only requires a small workspace footprint. Top heat-assisted roller, unique patented auto-calibration function for ideal tracking, five shafts, LED light kit, and roll to roll are among the many features that sets this laminator in a class of its own.
Ricoh, booth 1351, features its market-leading position as a top manufacturer of inkjet printheads, its growing team of wide format specialists, and expansive portfolio of offerings including those from EFI, Mimaki, and Ricoh. Additionally, attendees will see a behind the curtain showcase of future technologies that will help printers broaden revenue streams.
Royal Sovereign International, booth 3437/3537, continues to be consistent leader in the manufacturing and distribution of narrow and wide format laminators, pressure-sensitive film, wide format trimmers, banner welders, and dye-sublimation calenders. It launches the 65-inch Paramount 65X pneumatic laminator with heat assist. Designed to optimize the lamination process through controlled pneumatic pressure of the rollers, the Paramount 65X is the next evolution in lamination.
SA International (SAi), booth 2749, promotes how large format print providers and signmakers can streamline production workflow and enhance throughput with its added-value platforms. These include the completely relaunched sign.com network, enabling North American members of the International Sign and Printmakers Guild to win new business. Customers can easily design and order custom signs or banners. All orders are then routed to local Guild members for fulfillment. Another added-value platform includes the revamped SAi store that offers print businesses access to an extensive gallery of corporate logos and graphics.
swissQprint, booth 1253, presents the new Nyala LED model along with Rob, the loading/unloading robot. On a 126×79.9-inch flatbed, Nyala LED delivers a maximum output of 2,217 square feet per hour. Additionally, it consumes 50 percent less energy than conventional systems. Rob is the solution for unattended printing. The robot handles extra shifts and takes over repetitive work. They work together to produce impressive samples.
Tekra, booth 2711, offers new featured products. JetView UV Chalkboard Film is UV printable and writeable with removable adhesive. JetView Latex Low Tack Window Film brightens storefront signage and increases offerings with material that can be frontlit, backlit, or sunlit and still offer the same vibrancy. JetView Solvent Block-out Film is 99 percent opaque and printable with solvent, latex, or UV inks. It is versatile, durable, and ideal for trade show graphics.
Top Value Fabrics, booth 2155, premieres a new line of Latex Performance Textiles, which is focused on supporting customers in maximizing the beauty of graphics when printed with latex ink technology. The five new fabrics are built on similar constructions of fabrics in the Direct Print Textile line. Request a sample today and see the quality for yourself.
Vescom America, booth 3953, shows its various textures to help create colorful, high-definition wall décor. This premium suite of Type II-certified vinyl media meets multiple environmental standards and brings digital printing capabilities alive by providing custom textures for wallcoverings, and murals. Discover the consistency of a top-coated wallcovering that installers prefer.
On the Bayou
Get ready to experience a historical city full of culture all while educating yourself on the latest and greatest technology at the SGIA Expo. Digital Output is in booth 3615. Pick up copies of our September and October issues to help you plan your visit.
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