INDUSTRY NEWS
Meggan McCarthy attended the 2018 EFI Connect Conference Presents
Production Opportunities With Advanced Inkjet Innovations
Nozomi C18000 ultra-high-speed single-pass LED
inkjet corrugated packaging press. EFI partner
Ricoh Americas Corp. featured EFI inkjet technology
as well, with the versatile EFI Pro 16h hybrid LED
printer running in its booth.
Many of the new opportunities for customers
discussed at the 19th Annual EFI Connect
Conference, held from 23-26 January in Las Vegas,
refl ected a market redefi nition happening for the
print industry in the wake of continued digital
industrial transformation. During his opening
keynote speech at Connect, EFI CEO Guy Gecht
said, 'The new Print is all about putting spectacular
images on essentially any material. With digital
inkjet technology and automation, the new Print
brings immense opportunity in the era of the fourth
industrial revolution.' •
The event, one of the printing industry’s largest,
longest-running and most infl uential users’ group
conferences, provided attendees with the latest
training and technology details to help them profi t
from the analogue to digital transition. Several new
EFI products were debuted, including: •
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EFI VUTEk® HS125 Pro and HS100 Pro Fast-
4™ hybrid fl atbed/roll inkjet press models
that offer a range of super-fast 4-colour
grayscale modes, with speeds up to 225
boards per hour. This enables more cost-
effective grayscale production of distance-
viewed signage and graphics.
The EFI VUTEk FabriVU® 340i, a soft signage
printer that delivers a lower cost of entry
into high-growth soft signage applications
by offering fully integrated inline sublimation
without compromising engine speed or
quality.
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Version 6 of EFI’s Enterprise Commercial,
Midmarket Print, Publication, Quick Print,
Packaging and Corrugated Packaging
Productivity Suites for advanced, end-to-end
business and production MIS/ERP workfl ows.
EFI MarketDirect, a next-generation cross
media customer engagement platform that
gives printing companies the power to deliver
comprehensive management on loyalty
programmes, offers, newsletters, surveys and
other customer communication programmes.
Escada software, EFI’s recently acquired,
robust corrugated process control product.
EFI iQuote technology for enhanced
estimating of versioned and variable-data
digital print work.
EFI Optitex 3D