Digital Printing-Inkjet Roll-to-Roll

Wagner Prestige Labels, based in Sydney, Australia, installed a Durst Tau 330 RSC E inkjet label production press. This press was selected in order to ramp up the company's digital color capacity, with digital now making up 30% to 35% of Wagner's business, and to reduce waste.

Under determined new leadership, Kodak will focus both on avoiding its previous pitfalls and on doing more of the digital things it believes it does best. In a press and analyst event on March 5, company executives described plans for Kodak to serve as an industry leader in digital printing and packaging.

Durst North America has announced that Steve Lynn has joined the company as a director. In this new and broad role, Lynn will focus his attention on developing Durst's growing software suite and the expanding digital markets of narrow-web and corrugate. He will also support continued product expansion in the wide-format segment.

AstroNova has announced the launch of GetLabels, the newest brand in the company’s product identification family. GetLabels is a blank label and thermal transfer ribbon supplier for resellers and brand owners.

Landa Digital Printing, the largest of the Landa Group's 18 companies, has announced the appointment of Asher Levy to the position of active chairman. The appointment of Levy, who previously served as CEO of electronics company Orbotech, coincides with Yishai Amir stepping down as CEO of Landa Digital Printing.

Domino has announced the hires of Glen Hayden and Ernest Wilson, who are joining the company as technical support analysts. Hayden's previous experience includes 12 years with Honeywell and more than 20 years in the United States Navy. Wilson's latest experience comes from Videojet, where he was a field service engineer.

Domino's new in-house leasing program allows customers to pay for their new Domino N610i digital UV inkjet label press over a period of time, typically three to five years with fixed, monthly payments.

Epson's latest UV digital label press, the SurePress L-6534VW, is now available and on display in Epson's Carson, Calif., demo center. The high-speed press is able to print at speeds up to 164 fpm and produce a wide color gamut.

The iCueLabel label press utilizes DuraFlex's modular single-pass print solution and boasts 1600 dpi print quality and a print speed as fast as 46 m/min in production mode and 27 m/min in high-quality mode.

Domino continues to grow and invest in resources for its digital printing business with the appointments of several new hires in Service & Support roles within North America.