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GLOBAL NEWS

Fujifilm launches new Two Sides undertook
IN BRIEF

thermal platesetters research to find out the
percentage of paper pulp
that ends up as loo roll
after hearing of misleading
c l a i m s b y a t i s s u e
Fujifilm has launched a range of web and sheetfed company. Serious Tissues
was revealed on Radio 4’s
new range of Luxel thermal presses, and are managed More or Less programme to
platesetters for offset plate from a PC interface be misleading consumers
production, putting a total of connected to the machine by in an ad campaign that claimed 15% of global deforestation
five new machines on the fibre-optic cable. was caused by toilet rolls alone. The programme was
unable to find statistics to back up the company’s claim.
market. The platesetters, The machines have also Two Sides’ own research, using statistics from the
divided into two high speed been designed to save Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI),
Luxel T-X models and three printers time on repairs. estimated that toilet paper made up around 0.6-1.3% of
standard speed T-S models, Fujifilm offers a remote total global wood harvests, far below the 15% figure quoted
in the advert. The claim’s exposition by More or Less, said
are available for purchase maintenance service that Two Sides, highlighted the problem of greenwashing in the
now. allows each machine to be paper industry, and the importance of certification for
Fujifilm said that while Fujifilm’s new platesetters wood pulp products.
prices would vary with model B1 plates per hour. monitored from off-site, DS Smith has ordered a
and dealer channel, they had Each model will be giving printers guidance on second EFI Nozomi single-
been able to offer an available with manual maintenance requirements pass inkjet – with EFI
“extremely competitive” loading, single and multiple or the replacement of racking up its 50th Nozomi
price to performance ratio. cassette options, the last consumables. sale in the process – and
the new device will be
The full range has been allowing operators to work Sean Lane, product i nst alled at its UK
designed to fill out the continuously when cycling management and support operation. EFI announced
manufacturer’s offering with cassettes through the manager of Fujifilm’s offset the deal at the CCE
products that range from machine. Both models come product range, said the International Corrugated and Carton Exhibition, which is
taking place this week in Munich. Evandro Matteucci, EFI
entry level to fully automated with 8mm clamps, and the manufacturer was delighted vice president and general manager for its Packaging &
machines, with the fastest T-X models can be fitted with to bring the enhanced range Building Materials division, described the sale as “a big
model, the T-X, producing 55 6mm clamps to suit a wider of platesetters to market. milestone”. “They [DS Smith] are an example of an
innovative customer that has leveraged Nozomi’s
Fusion Digital Print expands capabilities to move their business forward.” The single-
pass C18000 Plus handles corrugated boards up to 1.8x3m in
size and prints at up to 75 linear metres per minute.
Fusion Digital Print (FDP) for European businesses – two cutting tables, has new Koenig & Bauer has
has set up a new fabric including high-profile retail sewing machines, and now reorganised its UK senior
department, which kicked clients. employs two experienced management structure by
off with the installation of an The company said that full-time seamstresses. The combining the role of sales
director and managing
Agfa Avinci CX3200 dye-sub while it has dabbled in fabric business also took on another director, with Chris Scully
machine in January. with UV, it decided to invest unit to house the finishing taking over the top spot.
The Greater Manchester around £400,000 to properly Former managing director
wide-format printer, which set up its new fabric equipment. Andrew Pang, who joined
has been trading for nearly department. As well as the “You can’t dip your toe in the press manufacturer as
director of consumables operations from customer Butler &
20 years, serves customers Agfa Avinci, it has taken on a to fabric printing, you need Tanner in 2007, is leaving the business. Pang became MD in
globally, particularly specialist calender unit, to do it properly,” said FDP the summer of 2013. Scully has worked at Koenig & Bauer
completing exhibition work purchased new tooling for its director Darren Taylor. for 19 years, and previously worked in pre-media with roles
at Creo, Scitex and DuPont. The new setup brings the UK
Monotype inks deal with Canva into line with the type of structure that’s in place at K&B’s
other regional sales and service operations. The change is
effective immediately.

Digital typesetter and font growth since its foundation Multi-discipline printer Positive+ has put up six wide-
library Monotype has in 2012. Now employing over format presses, two laminators and two cutters up for sale
reached a deal with digital 7,000, the Australian firm’s after a series of HP Latex installations made them surplus to
design platform Canva to template-based design requirements. Up for grabs are three Roland Soljet
machines, an Océ Arizona 6170 XTS UV flatbed, an HP
make more than 1,100 platform has become a staple Designjet Z6200 1.5m inkjet and a Mimaki UJV55-320 3.2m
curated fonts available to for many businesses. printer. Positive+’s restructuring around Latex machines,
Canva’s 110 million monthly The fonts, available for use kicked off by installations of an R2000 and two R800s in
users. Revealed earlier this mid- and late 2022, had meant the firm was hardly using
week, the partnership will Monotype’s deal with Canva now, will be followed later in the older printers, according to chief commercial and
allow Canva users to use the partnership by sustainability officer, Tony Dennington. A number of staff
from Positive+ will be attending the Fespa Global Print Expo
established types such as such as Gotham and educational content for users in May, to scout out further potential investments for
Sabon and Helvetica, Recoleta. on how to get the most out of company.
alongside new standards Canva has seen rapid different types.

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