Innovation on Display at SGIA ’07

Equally important is the development of new cationic inks and LED technologies such as Sun LLC’s LED UV-curing system. This system provides intense UV light without the heat of traditional UV lamps. The LED curing system reportedly uses less energy and lasts significantly longer than UV lamps.

While the market has been hot for roll-to-roll cutting systems for some time now, the increase in cutters for rigid media used on flatbed systems was evident at SGIA ’07. Utilizing the same digital file used for printing, these cutting systems sliced through a variety of substrates using blades, lasers and routers. The integration of printing and finishing systems as one combined unit was another trend.