Mimaki Europe, a leading manufacturer of industrial inkjet printers and cutting plotters, was presented with three EDP Awards at the association’s 2026 awards ceremony, which took place as part of the FESPA Global Print Expo. Mimaki was honoured in the following categories:
The Truepress JET 560HDX has been awarded the PrUA Digital Press System Certification – Inkjet based on the technical standards of the Idealliance division of PrUA, an authority in colour management which also awards G7+ certification. It rigorously assesses the accuracy of colour reproduction and the output stability of inkjet systems.
With Proofiler Graphic Connect, EyeC GmbH is introducing a fully cloud-based, system- and hardware-independent prepress inspection software solution to the market. This SaaS solution enables automated PDF-to-PDF comparisons for key prepress use cases. It allows prepress companies and departments to integrate quality checks into their existing production processes with greater transparency and flexibility.
In industrial DTF production, it is becoming increasingly clear that bottlenecks in scaling arise less from the printing technology itself and more from a lack of process stability. Unsynchronised processes, variable thermal conditions and manual handover points often lead to inconsistent quality, downtime and inefficient capacity utilisation.
Kornit Digital Ltd., a global pioneer in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production, has unveiled the Atlas MATRIX system at Konnections 2026 in Hollywood.
During the trade fair, Brother presented hybrid Direct-to-Garment and Direct-to-Film systems featuring the GTXpro. The presentation highlighted the flexibility, print quality, and workflow efficiency of these systems—qualities that garnered significant interest among distributors, textile decorators, and printing professionals.
The business climate index for the German printing and media industry clouded over slightly once again in May 2026. The seasonally adjusted business climate index, compiled by the BVDM, recorded a decline of 1.4 percent compared to the previous month. Both current business conditions and expectations for the coming six months deteriorated slightly.
FESPA has announced that the annual FESPA Global Print Expo, along with its co-located events (European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, WrapFest and Textile), will take place from Tuesday 6 to Friday 9 April 2027 at Messe München. The FESPA Awards, the World Wrap Masters and Club FESPA will also feature at the events.
Michel Caza, one of the ‘founding fathers’ of FESPA, passed away on 23 May 2026 at the age of 90. In 1961, Michel Caza was one of eight founding members of FESPA and remained a member of the FESPA Board until his retirement in 2014, serving as FESPA President from 1996 to 1999 and from 2000 to 2002.
