Founded in 1962, Fespa is a global federation of 37 member associations for the screen printing, digital printing and textile printing community. Fespa’s aim is to promote screen printing and digital imaging and to share knowledge about screen and digital printing with its members across the world
Fespa is confident that this year’s flagship show in Cologne will be the biggest and most international yet
Sakurai stall at show. The MSAII series Sakurai stop cylinder screen printing machine is a favourite for textile transfers. Sakurai agent in India, Kunal Enterprises has installed the MS80A model at Quenby
Garments printed with digital kit - I
The gallery of Fespa Awards where Indian firms bagged ten awards in toto
Amit Shah's Spectrum Scan bagged an Award too. Shah says, "Our entry in the Poster category, Eon, is screen printed reverse on 500 micron PC sheet with 12 colours including mirror ink. Over it four different UV varnishes are used to create dazzling patterns."
Indian companies bagged 10 awards, with Ahmedabad-based Marvel Graphic Studio clinching three of them. Marvel won a Silver in the category, ‘Original Serigraphies and Giclées’, a Bronze in the category ‘Fine Art’ and another Bronze in the category ‘Posters, single sheets & multi-sheets’
Garments printed with digital kit - II
Machine from Atma which is used for iPhone glass printing
Fespa Awards Gala Dinner at Flora Köln during Fespa 2015 in Cologne was a big draw
Anil Brahmbhatt of Skyscreen at the show
Some of the awe-inspiring samples on display at Cologne, Germany from 18-22 May 2015
Fespa saw lots of designs related to glass printing capabilities
A lot of cutting edge work in fashion, signage and interior decoration
Automation took centre stage at Zünd’s stand where it demonstrated a new pick-and-place robot, which unloads and sorts finished parts from the cutting table.
Live media and LCD screen advertising is expected to impact the wide-format business in the foreseeable future
Purchasing plans at Fespa --- dominated by UV printers (27%), textile printers (21%), solvent printers (17%), eco-solvent printers (16%) and latex printers (14%)
Vehicle graphics on the road to success
Banners (49%), posters (40%), signs (38%) and billboards (37%) remain the top four products. A dramatic growth being experienced is in textiles for garments, textiles for décor and packaging samples, with close to 80% reporting an increase in demand for these applications
Canadian wide-format equipment specialist, Gandy Digital introduced Gladi8tor, a new digital UV flatbed printer
Amit Shah (extreme right) with a few friends
Customer demand has spurred EFI into launching a new 3.2m-wide Vutek HSr Pro roll-to-roll printer – its fastest yet
Esko's Kongsberg C - "The table that cuts a new dimension"
HP unveiled the HP Latex 3500 and 3100 printers, expanding its HP Latex technology portfolio, and grew its digital corrugated offering with the HP Scitex 17000 corrugated press
Ebb and flow at Fespa 2015 by Amit Shah
Amit Shah of Spectrum Scan a regular at Fespa says, the digital show in Cologne is bigger than the London edition what with a huge emphasis and development in textile and garment printing. Shah adds, dye sublimation and UV inkjet are the preferred technology for this application.
A special photo gallery from Fespa, Cologne, 18 to 22 May 2015