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Positive
Mood Bucks the Trend at Fespa
Coates
Screen reported strong interest from visitors to Fespa 2002 in
Madrid across all product areas and services for screen and
digital printers. There may have been some pre-show pessimism but
the pundits were proved wrong by the general level of attendance.
Under its theme ‘Ideas in Action’ , Coates Screen naturally had
staff busy showing its latest products for the screen printer, but
interest in digital products exceeded even optimistic estimates.
Firstly, and not necessarily so apparent, of all new digital
printers launched at Fespa, most were running with their inks.
Also of all new digital applications for screen print, the new
Four Colour Magic colour proofing system caused a stir, offering
at last a proofing system for process print that lets the printer
show his customer a pre-print proof that is a realistic
representation of the printed job. With a number of systems
already operating in the UK, show visitors were eager to get the
low-down, either through upgrading their existing SceenMatch
machine, or with the adoption of the complete system. The
ScreenMatch machine continues to offer an attractive alternative
for other options too, as a cost effective source of film
positives and wide format print.
Major
interest in the high tech industrial graphics market, was shown in
the limited release of Decomold DMF. This was being demonstrated
on the Preco stand, with inks being printed on the roll-fed Preco
SP3024 press. Visitors were also looking too for many other ‘high
tech’ products and brisk interest was reported in roll label ink
products, especially in UV flexo inks and the new Vioroll NTC UV
screen inks.
The relaunched Coatazol range of screen supplies proved that
screen printers aren’t neglecting the role of advanced formulation
products in improving productivity and saving costs, in pushing
forward stencil life, and in improving print quality.
Coates Screen’s world acclaimed Formulator IDS ink dispense system
was busy too, with its new Windows software showing its paces in
providing even easier control and reduction of ink stocks in a
powerful management package.
A steady flow of South American visitors showed that benefit was
gained from Fespa’s Madrid location, and that the newly
established Coates Screen do Brasil is going to be busy satisfying
an increasing demand for quality products, and particularly UV
inks, in the region. Fespa in Madrid may have had to compete with
the World Cup, in the end, it was clear that this wasn’t a
problem, and as the Coates Screen football party proved, there was
even time for an adjournment for many visitors to watch the
UK/Argentina match!
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