By Jamie Swedberg Green. The word is being spoken more frequently than ever before. Whether your customers are driving you or you are already focused on green, the movement is driving the industry. Here are some tips to “green-up” your business practice. Get lit. Swap traditional fluorescent or incandescent lights for energy efficient T8 fixtures. [...]

Neschen Americas has introduced more than 15 new products under its SEAL® and Neschen® brands. Neschen® AccuCure™ Elite UV Gloss—Liquid laminate for AccuCure UV coating systems. Offers rapid drying and high-durability for virtually instantaneous display-ready prints. SEAL® 62 Base—62-inch laminator with heat-assisted top roller. Features include a roll-to-roll laminating option and an automatic release liner [...]

Duro Textiles, Falls River, Mass., has released Defense™—a complete line of protective solutions for residential and commercial fabrics. The Defense line provides protection from threats such as UV rays, mildew, stains, and wear. Consisting of five individual solutions that can be used alone or in any combination, Defense minimizes impact to the fabric’s hand and [...]

B&P Graphic Systems, Chertsey, England, has introduced the transfer-free d.gen Teleios textile printer. This wide-format photo-realistic system doesn’t involve a transfer process, making it a space-saving solution for the production of banners, flags and soft signs, clothing, wallpaper, and more. Designed to print at speeds of up to 38 square meters/hour direct to polyester-based materials, [...]

Arlon, manufacturer of pressure-sensitive cut vinyl, illuminated signage, and print media films, has released a new color card. The card allows customers to view product color film samples, and provides product information. The product detail assists customers in choosing the right color and the right product for their application. The card includes Arlon’s new Series [...]

ExpoDisplays, designer and manufacturer of trade show exhibits, custom interior environments, and graphics, has introduced the ExpoSpaceSaver, a new portable trade show exhibit. The ExpoSpaceSaver is a full height, portable exhibit with a custom look. The exhibit’s lightweight aluminum structure supports dye-sublimation fabric graphics or ink jet graphics. Multiple design configurations are available, and it [...]

Printos of Huntingdon, England, has introduced a new range of DOD, digital, solenoid, valve jet printing/coating heads and micro valves designed to coat/print/dye most substrates using a wide range of fluids. P16 is a highly innovative and unique technology that employs “high flow” micro valve-jets. The P16 is designed to coat, dye, or print onto [...]

3M has developed a UV-flexible ink for the new Mimaki UJV-160 roll and rigid hybrid printer due to be released this spring. The new UV-flexible inks offer high pigment density and minimal volatile organic compounds. Seven color UV-curable inks will be available: C, M, Y, K, Lc, Lm, and white. SOURCE 3M

Sinclair Equipment Company, Diamond Springs, Calif., announces a line of plastic grommets and plastic grommet machines. With these UV-protected plastic grommets you can “see the color, not the grommet.” The company offers a variety of machines, including hand operated, pneumatic, and automatic. These machines cut andset grommets in one operation. Also new, the ST 2000 [...]

The opportunity to network, a killer portfolio piece, and a cash award are among the rewards awaiting the winner of the Textiles & Graphics Student Design Challenge 2008. The Fabric Graphics Association of the ATA invites students enrolled in a post-secondary textile, graphic design, or interior design program to enter. “The goal of the student [...]