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ITL-IST to show at DRUPA
ITL and IST-Metz return again to the industry event arena with a joint promotion at DRUPA in Düsseldorf this May.
1,971 exhibitors from 52 countries participating and 390,000 visitors from 140 countries are expected to attend DRUPA, which again offers a mix of special shows and events including the DRUPA cube (a conference platform for daily changing half-day symposiums) and the DRUPA Innovation Park.
With stands in both Halls 2 & 16, ITL and IST-Metz expect the event to mark their most substantial promotion to date with a staffing of around 50 throughout the show and dozens of live demonstrations on customers own stands. Prior to the show ITL has worked tirelessly; producing more than 16 UV LED units in the 3 weeks prior to the show alone in order to fulfill last minute customer demand to exhibit this exiting new technology.
Sales Director Dave Johnson comments; ”it is heartening to see a product that we unveiled just 4 years ago at the last Drupa being adopted today in such widespread commercial use. The ITL stand will again be a showcase for all that is the latest in UV LED system technology”
Come meet us at ITL: Hall 16 A45-1, IST: Hall 2 B20
April 2012
Strong response to ITL UV at Far East shows
Industry events in China and Japan evidenced active awareness-raising of UV curing across a range of sectors by Integration Technology Ltd (ITL).
ITL shared a booth at February’s Printable Electronics Show in Tokyo with local distributor NEopt where ITL Japan’s Business Development Manager Yasushi Katsuta reported a strong response to the company’s products.
“Our UV systems were a focal point of the Neopt product program,” reported Yashushi. “There were encouraging levels of interest in UV curing with over forty per cent of enquiries targeted at our technology.”
In a move mirroring ITL’s strategy in China, the company recently opened a direct representative office in Tokyo, providing technical sales, parts stores and administration functions for the territory.
Meanwhile, ITL found itself the leading foreign supplier of UV curing solutions to domestic manufacturers showing at Guangzhou’s 19th South China International Printing Exhibition this March.
The Guangdong province is the largest region for China’s printing industry with around 20,000 printing enterprises while the Pearl River Delta Region as a whole is home to over 40,000 print businesses, accounting for 50% of the country’s total printing production value.
ITL China Business Development Manager Sam Yang said: “We were clearly the most prominent foreign supplier of UV equipment at the show with nearly thirty per cent of domestic printers on show running ITL systems.
“The most popular solutions were our lightweight, high output SubZero arc systems and the SolidCure N UV LED, both brands receiving very positive feedback as well as order interest.”
To keep up with demand, additional production of the lightweight, high output, miniature SubZero UV emitter is now in underway at ITL’s newly completed operations facility in West Shanghai, where the company is building established ITL products to satisfy the growing demands of the local market.
Pictured Left: Sam Yang, Right: Yasushi Katsuta
April 2012
Smaller FESPA still a draw says ITL
February’s FESPA in Barcelona may have been smaller than previous shows but it still packed a punch, according to ITL.
Also representing strategic partner IST Metz, the stand joint-showcased emergent curing applications for a growing range of media at the show, which remains an ideal environment to platform new technologies alongside existing market leading solutions according to ITL managing director Adrian Lockwood.
“While the exhibitor numbers were clearly lower than in former years, total visitor attendance exceeded expectations at around thirteen thousand,” he said.
By far the largest market share of the UV equipment shown at Fespa was from ITL with, over 27% of exhibited platforms operating with the company’s UV technology.
ITL’s SubZero system was again a popular choice amongst exhibiting machine makers. Lynx Digital, a newly formed European company, launched a new UV flatbed carrying SubZero 085’s. Capable of printing on board, foam and metal substrates, the Lynx 250FB-UV will cater for growing demand for high-quality, medium format production.
Unico launched a new UV hybrid platform carrying SubZero 170’s and Marabu Inks used a DYSS machine fitted with SubZero 085’s on its stand to demonstrate the company’s latest range of UV inkjet inks.
ITL UV LED was also in evidence at FESPA with Machines Dubuit from France launching a new rotary tube printing machine running ITL Pincure Plus UV LEDs.
April 2012