Absolute Upgrades Multiple Bobst Presses
Absolute have just completed the conversion to 2G Carbon Fibre chambers of two Bobst Bielefeld flexo presses for East Riding Sacks (ERS), a manufacturer of paper sacks in the UK. Functional, Industrial Printing To Surge To $114.8B By 2022 The Functional and Industrial Print market is cur- rently valued at $76.9 billion, up from $37.2 billion in 2012, but with further growth forecasted to $114.8 billion by 2022, according to a new report from Smithers Pira. “Suppliers have developed new equipment that widens the applications, with new inks, coatings and functional fluids providing new properties of flexibil- ity, adhesion and durability, together with novel capa- bilities in electronics and biomedical to provide specific actions,” said Sean Smyth, author of the re- port. “While analogue printing methods — gravure, flexo, litho, screen, pad printing and foiling — are widely used, there is very strong growth in digital methods, with new inkjet inks and fluids opening many new opportunities.” “These markets do not use paper or paperboard substrates,” he continued, “but rather plastic, film, glass, wood, metal, ceramics, textiles, laminates and composite materials are involved. In the case of 3D printing there are plastics and metals, with some composites.” Asia is the largest region, reflecting the concentra- tion of manufacturing there, with large printing com- panies supplying electronics and environment materials, films and interior décor materials; and it is home to many giant electronic companies using printing as part of the manufacture of membrane switches, tags, circuitry, displays and photovoltaics. There is also strong growth in North America and Western Europe for high-value items and as improve- ments to many manufacturing processes. New technologies are being developed in these re- gions, with inkjet textile bringing high-value, short- run textile printing closer to the end user; while 3D printing is enabling changes to some manufacturing while potentially changing business models and whole supply chains through distributed 3D print- ing on-demand. Printing may be used as part of a wider manufactur- ing process or, in the case of 3D additive printing, it can be the manufacturing.
6 August 21, 2017 Flexo Market News
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